No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.

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Topic

Past and present The past The present

Author

Thomas Macaulay

Source

The History of England

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England: From the Accession of James II. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1848.

Current Citation

Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England from the Accession of James II, 5 Volume Set. The Folio Society, 2009.

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In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Topic
Class conflict End of war Political theory

Author

Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
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Time
1848 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London, 1848, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and edited by Gareth Stedman Jones. Penguin Classics, 2015, pt. 2.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Topic
Learning from the past History The past

Author

George Santayana
Source
The Life of Reason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905