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1 " from Cicero: “To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain a child always. "
― John Lukacs , A Student's Guide to the Study Of History
2 " from the fine American essayist Agnes Repplier: “I used to think that ignorance of history meant only a lack of cultivation and a loss of pleasure. Now I am sure that such ignorance impairs our judgment by impairing our understanding, by depriving us of standards or the power of contrast, and the right to estimate.” And, “We can know nothing of any nation unless we know its history. "
