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us. I have tried to show you that the history of modem
England from the beginning of the eighteenth century
is interesting in this sense, because it is pregnant with
great results which will affect the lives of ourselves and
our children and the future greatness of our country.
Make history interesting indeed I I cannot make history
more interesting than it is, except by falsifying it. And
therefore when I meet a person who does not find history
interesting, it does not occur to me to alter history,—I try
to alter him.