History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion … - Henry Steele Commager

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In masks outrageous and austere The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

Henry Steele Commager

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it - as with these - life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.

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