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The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind.

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Leo TolstoyWar and Peace

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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom wa...

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Instead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jewish, Greek, or Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing the progress o...

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In the legal respect, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries, the other half of Moscow burned down.

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Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends.

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There are two sides to the life of every man: there is his individual existence which is free in proportion as his interests are abstract; and his ele...

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What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the wil...

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This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.