To give an accurate ...

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.