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The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent.
Peter Conrad
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About Peter Conrad

Peter Conrad was a Astronaut from American (1930–1999).

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This quote is attributed to Peter Conrad, a Astronaut from American.
When did Peter Conrad live?
Peter Conrad lived from 1930 – 1999.