F. M. Powicke quotes
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“Problems cannot all be solved, for, as they are solved, new aspects are continually revealed: the historian opens the way, he does not close it.”
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“Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately.”
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“History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.”
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“History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies.”
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Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
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