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> [One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/one-of-the-reasons-we-do-history-in-fact-is-because-it-acts-as-a/)

[N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/)

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> [“There is no room in History for conjecture. History is fact because it deals with facts, you’ll learn in time...' 'Fuck that, man. That’s like saying botany is a lettuce because it deals with lettuces.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-l-christopher/there-is-no-room-in-history-for-conjecture-history-is-fact-because-it/)

[D.L. Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-l-christopher/)

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