Johann Gustav Droysen quotes
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“History is the self-consciousness of humanity.”
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“History is the only science enjoying the ambiguous fortune of being required to be at the same time an art.”
-- Johann Gustav DroysenSource : Johann Gustav Droysen (1893). “Outline of the Principles of History”
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“History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.”
-- Johann Gustav Droysen
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“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
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Source : Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith, Thomas B. Hess (1965). “Aaron Siskind, photographer”
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.”
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“Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.”
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