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> [The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-practical-value-of-history-is-to-throw-the-film-of-the-past/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchan/that-is-the-supreme-value-of-history-the-study-of-it-is-the-best/)

[John Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-buchan/)

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> [The whole value of history, of biography, is to increase my self-trust, by demonstrating what man can be and do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-whole-value-of-history-of-biography-is-to-increase-my-self-trust/)

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

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> [The value of history. ..is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-g-collingwood/the-value-of-history-is-that-it-teaches-us-what-man-has-done-and-thus/)

[Robin G. Collingwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-g-collingwood/)

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> [“History is for human self-knowledge…the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-collingwood-2/history-is-for-human-self-knowledge-the-only-clue-to-what-man-can-do/)

[R.G. Collingwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-collingwood-2/)

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> [The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over which it passes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-renault/the-perpetual-stream-of-human-nature-is-formed-into-ever-changing/)

[Mary Renault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-renault/)

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> [The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-becker/the-value-of-history-is-indeed-not-scientific-but-moral-by-2/)

[Carl Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-becker/)

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> [The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-l-becker/the-value-of-history-is-indeed-not-scientific-but-moral-by/)

[Carl L. Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-l-becker/)

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> [London imbued me with an appreciation of the beauty and value of history in general. As it has evolved and grown, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-farr/london-imbued-me-with-an-appreciation-of-the-beauty-and-value-of/)

[Hilary Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-farr/)

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> [History is for human self-knowledge. Knowing yourself means knowing, first, what it is to be a person; secondly, knowing what it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-g-collingwood/history-is-for-human-self-knowledge-knowing-yourself-means-knowing/)

[Robin G. Collingwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-g-collingwood/)

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> [“Knowing yourself means knowing, first, what it is to be a person; secondly, knowing what it is to be the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-collingwood-2/knowing-yourself-means-knowing-first-what-it-is-to-be-a-person/)

[R.G. Collingwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-collingwood-2/)

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