Quote#Wisdom
History is an endless maze of unrelated happenings, until we divide…
Quote bySamuel McChord Crothers · 1857–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Evening of the New Day (The Atlantic Monthly January 1919).
English (original)
History is an endless maze of unrelated happenings, until we divide it up into brief portions in which we discern a certain unity of purpose.
— Samuel McChord Crothers
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