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It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir.
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History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Born:
April 13, 1939
Died:
August 30, 2013
(aged 74)
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