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History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet… — Julian Barnes

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History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending · 2011
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2011
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Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape/Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 2.

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