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“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- b82096a939f373e0e662cdcf145d302346a371fecf0e9740ed5d95fd5b911fc1
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