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History has to be rewritten in every generation, because although the past does not change the present does; each generation asks new questions of the past, and finds new areas of sympathy as it re-lives different aspects of the experiences of its predecessors.

Christopher Hill

Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.

Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill

Born: February 6, 1912

Died: February 23, 2003 (aged 91)

Bio: John Edward Christopher Hill was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978, he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford University.

Known for:

The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714 (1961)
Milton and the English Revolution (1977)

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