History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular…

Lord Acton
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History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). Lectures on Modern History: Great Event, p.4, VM eBooks
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. ✨ … ▶
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. ✨ Letters of Lord Acton to Mary Gladstone. Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1913.
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. ✨ Essays in the History of Liberty: Selected Writings of Lord Acton, 3 vols. Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1985-1988.
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. ✨ John Emerich Edwar … ▶

History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.

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