History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are
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“We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven.” ”
― What We Can Know
― What We Can Know
“Everywhere distrust”
― The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
― The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
“Expert at gauging the temper of the chamber”
― The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
― The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
“small share of the world’s pleasures. I had suffered and I was owed.”
― What We Can Know
― What We Can Know
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