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The document contains several quotes about the study and nature of history from various historical figures. Theodore Roosevelt argues that having a glorious past makes a nation thrice happy, while Voltaire states that history is mainly a record of crimes and misfortunes. Hegel believes that peoples and governments rarely learn from or apply the lessons of history.
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