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| 23873 | Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous |
| Full Idea: The division of history textbooks into chapters will cost us many disastrous mistakes. | |||
| From: Simone Weil (Fragments [1936], p.131) | |||
| A reaction: Nice observation. The point is that we fail to grasp what really happened if we draw sharp lines across history. |