History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you rea…

Desmond Tutu
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History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was nobody around the Falls until Livingstone arrived on the scene. ✨ Desmond Tutu (1985). Hope and Suffering, Eerdmans Publishing Company
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