Ralph Davis quotes
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“History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory.”
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“[T]he historian and the detective have much in common.”
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“A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of human life and discover its meaning, even if the goal is never fully realized.”
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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“We had our thing. It is a really good memory but now we're older. Things change.”
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“It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.”
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“History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.”