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E. P. Thompson Quotes: At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.
         

At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.


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So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?



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Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.



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