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The Only Good Histories Are Those That Have Been Written By The Persons Themselves Who Commanded In The Affairs Whereof They Write.
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The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons
themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
-- Essays, Book ii, Chap. x, Of Books
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