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Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Not All That Is Presented To Us

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.
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