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I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.
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Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword.
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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Steven Runciman
Born:
July 7, 1903
Died:
November 1, 2000
(aged 97)
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