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Book cover for Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present
Scotland’s highly developed institutions and professions in law, medicine, banking, education and the army, among others, created an associational network structure which rested on, reinforced and complemented longstanding kinship and ...more
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Matt Ridley
“Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race”
Matt Ridley, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Antony Beevor
“History is never tidy.”
Antony Beevor, The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Ian Fleming
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

Malcolm X
“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
Malcolm X

Winston S. Churchill
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
Winston S. Churchill

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