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> [The essential matter of history is not what happened but what people thought or said about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-william-maitland/the-essential-matter-of-history-is-not-what-happened-but-what-people/)

Frederic William Maitland

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## More by Frederic William Maitland

> [The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-william-maitland/the-hunger-and-thirst-for-knowledge-the-keen-delight-in-the-chase-the/)

Frederic William Maitland

> [We should always be aware that what now lies in the past once lay in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-william-maitland/we-should-always-be-aware-that-what-now-lies-in-the-past-once-lay-in/)

Frederic William Maitland

> [The essential matter of history is not what happened but what people thought or said about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-william-maitland/the-essential-matter-of-history-is-not-what-happened-but-what-people/)

Frederic William Maitland

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