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W. H. Auden on History

1907–1973 England

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Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)

Acts of injustice done
Between the setting and the rising sun
In history lie like bones, each one.

The Ascent of F6 (1936)

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)

Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction.

A Certain World (1970)

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