I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a histor…

H. G. Wells
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I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
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