That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the…

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Aldous Huxley

1956

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Learning from the past History repeating itself History Human nature

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1956

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Aldous Huxley

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Huxley, Aldous. "A Case of Voluntary Ignorance." Collected Essays. Harper & Brothers, 1959. Originally published Esquire, 1 Oct. 1956.

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