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Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England Quotes: Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.
         

Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.


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Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.
         



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This page presents the quote "Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.". Author of this quote is Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. This quote is about hindsight, perspective, history,.