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Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson.  1988.
 
 
NUMBER:2721
AUTHOR:Steven Runciman
QUOTATION:I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destiny of man.
ATTRIBUTION:London Times 7 Jul 83
SUBJECTS:The World: Education: Observers & Critics
 
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