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| − | The second reason history is important is that | + | The second reason history is important is that the past causes the present. History is inescapable because the present becomes the past. ["The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction." -Penelope Lively][http://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html#gRHC3Yod0MdPh9x5.99] By studying history, we can learn why something is happening today. |
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The second reason history is important is that the past causes the present. History is inescapable because the present becomes the past. ["The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction." -Penelope Lively][1] By studying history, we can learn why something is happening today.
Resources:
Origins Manual Page 1
http://www.history.ac.uk/makinghistory/resources/articles/why_history_matters.html
