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In a word, we may gather out of History a policy no less wise than I eternal; by the comparison and application of other mens fore-passed miseries with our own like errours and ill-deservings.

In a word, we may gather out of History a policy no less wise than I eternal; by the comparison and application of other mens fore-passed miseries with our own like errours and ill-deservings.

Walter Raleigh
Wise, History, May
Sir Walter Raleigh (1687). “The History of the World, in Five Books”, p.3

Let valour end my life!

Walter Raleigh
History, Ends, British History

Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth.

Walter Raleigh
Writing, History, Teeth
'The History of the World' (1614) preface

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