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title: "10 History Humankind Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“Nothing in the history of humankind has been disrespected as much as nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/nothing-in-the-history-of-humankind-has-been-disrespected-as-much-as/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

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> [“History is humankind trying to get a grip.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/history-is-humankind-trying-to-get-a-grip/)

[Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/)

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> [No problem in the history of humankind has ever gotten solved by evading it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jemele-hill/no-problem-in-the-history-of-humankind-has-ever-gotten-solved-by/)

[Jemele Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jemele-hill/)

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> [Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-hausman/mythology-can-be-defined-as-the-sacred-history-of-humankind/)

[Gerald Hausman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-hausman/)

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> [In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/in-the-long-history-of-humankind-and-animal-kind-too-those-who/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [I believe history of humankind has always faced challenges. I don't think that any other period in history was less problematic then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-fabian/i-believe-history-of-humankind-has-always-faced-challenges-i-don-t/)

[Lara Fabian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lara-fabian/)

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> [“The story of the return of the Jewish people to its ancestral homeland became, in short, one of the great dramas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-gordis/the-story-of-the-return-of-the-jewish-people-to-its-ancestral/)

[Daniel Gordis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-gordis/)

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> [“History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/history-is-humankind-trying-to-get-a-grip-obviously-not-easy-but-it/)

[Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/kim-stanley-robinson-2148_history_history-is-humankind-trying-to-get-a-gri_1880667.jpg)

> [“Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. This is different from what we call "history." Mythical stories, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-hausman/mythology-can-be-defined-as-the-sacred-history-of-humankind-this-is/)

[Gerald Hausman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-hausman/)

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> [It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/it-also-occurred-to-him-that-throughout-history-humankind-has-told/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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