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History Quotes Flashcards

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Dakin describing what he thinks history is

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‘History is fucking’

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Mrs Lintott describing what history is

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‘History is women following behind with a bucket’

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Rudge describing what history is

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‘How do I define history? It’s just one fucking thing after another’

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Irwin describing what history is

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‘History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so’

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Mrs Lintott further describing what history is

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‘History is the commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men’

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Mrs Lintott describing what history is for women

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‘History’s not such a frolic for women as it is for men

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