The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. …

Mark Twain
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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend, p.54, St. Martin's Press
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