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For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of inevitability, the assumption that different outcomes lay beyond the limits of the possible.
Eric Foner
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We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
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Born:
February 7, 1943
(age 83)
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Eric Foner is an American historian.
Known for:
Give Me Liberty!: An American History (2004)
The Fiery Trial (2010)
Gateway to Freedom (2015)
The story of American freedom (1994)
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