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Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime.

Harry Elmer Barnes

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Harry Elmer Barnes
Age: 79 †
Born: 1889
Born: June 15
Died: 1968
Died: August 25
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
Sociologist
University Teacher
Aurburn
New York
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