"The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.“


-Aldous Huxley

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The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

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