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By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
John Acton |
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Historian Quotes Category: English Historian Quotes Date of Birth: January 10, 1834 Date of Death: June 19, 1902 Nationality: English Amazon: John Acton on Amazon |
Related Authors:
Anita Brookner Edward Gibbon G. M. Trevelyan James Anthony Froude Thomas B. Macaulay John Keegan John Acton Henry James Sumner Maine |
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- If the past has been... - Liberty is the condition of... - Liberty is the prevention of... - Power tends to corrupt, and... |
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Dead,
From,
Nations,
Off,
Past,
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Action,
Dead,
From,
Off,
Past,
Reign,
Rescue,
Reverse,
Series,
Shake,
Struggled,
Success,
Succession,
Time,
Verdict,
Violent,
World
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