The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings. (Marc Bloch)

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings.

Marc Bloch

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