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> [We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-a-new-and-exceptional-age-america-is-another-word-for/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Traditional history appears to be the defacto recognition of every evil deed that failed to be stopped or eliminated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dagobert-d-runes/traditional-history-appears-to-be-the-defacto-recognition-of-every/)

[Dagobert D. Runes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dagobert-d-runes/)

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> [The history of thought, of knowledge, of philosophy, of literature seems to be seeking, and discovering, more and more discontinuities, whereas history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/the-history-of-thought-of-knowledge-of-philosophy-of-literature-seems/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [Many historians will tell you that there are no laws of history and no great cycles that govern human events. History often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/many-historians-will-tell-you-that-there-are-no-laws-of-history-and/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

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> [America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/america-is-another-name-for-opportunity-our-whole-history-appears/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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