Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. (Frederick Jackson Turner)

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

Frederick Jackson Turner

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