If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.


Lectures on modern history (ed. Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1975)

John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.