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All normal human beings are interested in their past. Only when the interest becomes an obsession, overshadowing present and future conduct, is it a danger. In much the same way healthy nations are interested in their history, but a morbid preoccupation with past glories is a sign that something is wrong with the constitution of the State.

C. V. Wedgwood

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C. V. Wedgwood
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: July 20
Died: 1997
Died: March 9
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