Men wiser and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot, a rhythm, a predetermined pattern. These harmonies are concealed from me. I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave.

H.A.L. Fisher

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Topic

Nature of history History

Author

H.A.L. Fisher

Source

A History of Europe

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens. A History of Europe. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935, preface.

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Topic
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Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
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Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

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Source
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Medium
Essay
Genre
Historical literature Political literature
Language
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Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. "Der 18te Brumaire des Louis Napoleon [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon]." Die Revolution [The Revolution], 1852.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon." The Political Writings, edited by David Fernbach. Verso, 2019.