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“Nothing in the reporting of a nation's history could so mislead the younger generation as to represent great events in such a way that they appear to have happened as a matter of course.” quote by Gustav Stresemann — Download Open image

“Nothing in the reporting of a nation's history could so mislead the younger generation as to represent great events in such a way that they appear to have happened as a matter of course.”

Gustav Stresemann

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The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

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