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Dan Simmons Quotes: History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.
         

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.


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