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"The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies."

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"Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past.

For in the last analysis it is human consciousness which is the subject matter of history.

"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."

"But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavour toward better understanding."

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