The historian is a prophet looking backwards. — Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
The historian is a prophet looking backwards. — Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
The historian is a prophet looking backwards. — Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
The historian is a prophet looking backwards. — Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
The historian is a prophet looking backwards. — Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
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The historian is a prophet looking backwards.

— Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments
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