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James Harrington - No man can be a politician, except...
No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician. (James Harrington)

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

James Harrington

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