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Americans would never understand the Mideast because the Mideast is so old, whereas America is so young …

December 23, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

From “The thousand Year War in the Mideast” by Richard Maybury P. 56 Why do we in the West fail to understand the Mideast? One reason was pointed out by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat just before he was assassinated in 1981. Sadat said Americans would never understand the Mideast because the Mideast is so old,

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The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history …

December 4, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

— The Lessons of History P. 19 – 21 … the laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history. We are subject to the processes and trials of evolution, to the struggle for existence and the survival of the fittest to survive. If some of us seem to escape the strife or the trials

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Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice

December 4, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

— The Lessons of History P. 12 Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice.”

History sometimes deserves a little revision, if not for the sake of the dead, then at least for ourselves

November 24, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

Mengestu, Dinaw (2010-10-14). How to Read the Air (Kindle Location 924) History sometimes deserves a little revision, if not for the sake of the dead, then at least for ourselves.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too

November 19, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

Marcus Aurelius Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”

Time keeps slipping into the future. When you live through historic events, it usually takes decades before you realize they were historic

November 19, 2016August 4, 2019 Nate

Doug Casey Time keeps slipping into the future. When you live through historic events, it usually takes decades before you realize they were historic.”

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