... do). He said the story of civilization is what happens on the banks and not in the stream and that historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river. Newspeople like to say they write the first draft of history. Others believe in the "Joe Friday" school. Just the facts please. Some believe the past is written in stone ... ...

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