We are not doomed to make history repeat itself; it is open to us, through our own efforts, to give history, in our case, some new and unprecedented … - Arnold J. Toynbee

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We are not doomed to make history repeat itself; it is open to us, through our own efforts, to give history, in our case, some new and unprecedented turn. As human beings, we are endowed with this freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.