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To write about history or language is supposed to be within the reach of every man. To write about natural science is allowed to be within the reach only of those who have mastered the subjects on which they write.

Edward Augustus Freeman

History is past politics, and politics is present history.

Edward Augustus Freeman

Edward Augustus Freeman

Edward Augustus Freeman

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Born: August 2, 1823

Died: March 16, 1892 (aged 68)

Bio: Edward Augustus Freeman was an English historian, architectural artist, liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of William Gladstone, and a one-time candidate for Parliament.

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Race and Language
The Historical Geography of Europe (1881)

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