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I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

David McCullough

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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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We are raising a generation of young Americans who are, to a very large degree, historically illiterate. It's not their faults. There's no problem about enlisting their interest in history. None. The problem is the teachers so often have no history in their background.
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You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them. (Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)
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First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.
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