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No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

1848

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Past and present The past The present

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England from the Accession of James II, 5 Volume Set. The Folio Society, 2009.

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Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England: From the Accession of James II. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1848.

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