But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his… - Alessandro Manzoni

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But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his every step is wasted; just as politics without history is like a man who walks along without a guide.