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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.


James Buchan

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JAMES SUROWIECKI Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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