More quotes by Marc Bloch
"Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past.
"There is no true understanding without a certain range of comparison."
"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines."
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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!
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