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John Arnold | Why History Matters

April 29, 2010

Clio, Muse of History, rendered by Vermeer.

Visiting the past is something like visiting a foreign country:

they do some things the same and some things differently,

but above all else

they make us more aware of what we call ‘home.’

John Arnold, British Historian, on Why History Matters

 John Arnold | Why History Matters