That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the mos…

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas

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"A Case of Voluntary Ignorance" in Collected Essays (1959)

year: 1959

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“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history …” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-EB571548F5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/eb571548f5

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