The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. …

D. H. Lawrence
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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