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History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army.

Allan Nevins

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Allan Nevins
Age: 80 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 20
Died: 1971
Died: March 5
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Historian Of The Modern Age
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Camp Point
Illinois
Joseph Allan Nevins
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