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History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.

F. M. Powicke

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F. M. Powicke
Age: 83 †
Born: 1879
Born: June 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 19
Historian
Lecturer
Medieval Historian
University Teacher
Alnwick
Northumberland
Maurice Powicke
Frederick Maurice Powicke
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Sir Maurice Powicke
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Blind
Men
Weight
Dead
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Full
Force
History
Escaped
Mind
Drive

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