Most events spring from causes equally small: we are unacquainted with them because most historians have been themselves ignorant of them, or have no… - Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Most events spring from causes equally small: we are unacquainted with them because most historians have been themselves ignorant of them, or have not had eyes capable of perceiving them. It is true, that, in this respect, the mind may repair their omissions; for the knowledge of certain principles easily compensates the lack of knowledge of certain facts.