Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it. (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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