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No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past.

No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past.

Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Will Durant
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1885 to 1981; Wikidata Q333911, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333911 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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