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Aspect of western civilization: volume 1

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The Roman orator Cicero once remarked that History is the witness of the times, the torch of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messen ger of antiquity. In spite of these noble words, historians have often labored under the burden of justifying the study of events that are over and done Human beings are practical, more concerned with their present and future than with their past. And yet the study of history provides us with unique op portunities for self-knowledge. It teaches us what we have done and therefore helps define what we are. On a less abstract level, the study of history enables us to judge present circumstance by drawing on the laboratory of the past. Those who have lived and died, through their recorded attitudes, actions, and ideas, have left a legacy of experience.rn"

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909.09821 Per a

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New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, Inc.., 2000

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pages 157

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English

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0-13-083202-2

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909.09821

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speculation

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