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Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.
G. M. Trevelyan
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G. M. Trevelyan
Age: 86 †
Born: 1876
Born: February 16
Died: 1962
Died: July 21
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George Macauley Trevelyan
George Macaulay Trevelyan
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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