You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.
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"You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was." — Leopold Von Ranke
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You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. — Leopold Von Ranke
About Leopold Von Ranke
Leopold Von Ranke was a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia (1795–1886).
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Who said "You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the cont…"?
This quote is attributed to Leopold Von Ranke, a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Leopold Von Ranke lived from 1795 – 1886.