If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
Lord Acton (2016). “Lectures on Modern History: Great Event”, p.4, VM eBooks
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.