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Lessons From History: Some Enlighten, Some Confuse

Let’s keep our minds fixed on two of the most important lessons of history: peace is far better than war, and the present is far better than the past.
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Lessons From History: Some Enlighten, Some Confuse
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Mark Hendrickson
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Possibly the most famous quote about history is the philosopher George Santayana’s pithy, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” There is much wisdom in that statement. Still, it also seems true, in some cases, that those who do remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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