John Lewis Gaddis - The Landscape of History (2002)

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I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them, because of the limited perspective you tend to get from being plunked down in some particular part of the past, and the danger of not getting back in time for your orals.

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We bravely advance into the future with our eyes fixed firmly on the past...

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We're bound to learn from the past whether or not we make the effort, since it's the only data base we have...

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