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title: "3 Ralph Davis Quotes"
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# Ralph Davis

 **3** quotes in **19** categories

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##  Quotes by Ralph Davis

> [ \[T\]he historian and the detective have much in common. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-davis/t-he-historian-and-the-detective-have-much-in-common/)

[Ralph Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-davis/)

[Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common/)

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> [History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-davis/history-attempts-to-provide-society-with-an-artificial-collective/)

[Ralph Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-davis/)

[Artificial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artificial/)

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> [A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-davis/a-historian-is-interested-in-the-past-because-he-is-interested-in/)

[Ralph Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-davis/)

[Continuity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/continuity/)

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