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The Cynic on History

History is replete with examples of the incomplete. Which is why we have historians – or should they be called restorians? Theirs is the patient art of piecing history back together, what men and time put apart, with results not much better.

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Date: 12/20/2024 8:31:00 PM
Maurice you are a true realist Historian saying it like it is. Great words from a man who can't be fooled...
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Date: 12/20/2024 7:27:00 PM
A life once lived imperfectly put together by historians…can they put humpty dumpty back together again. It must be a patient art. I’d rather read about it than do the research.
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Date: 12/20/2024 9:44:00 AM
Ha! Very true, Maurice!
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Maurice Rigoler
Date: 12/20/2024 7:52:00 PM
Thanks Ilene for your comment. / Maurice

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