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"Every man is not and does not have to be a poet, or an automotive mechanic, or an investment banker; so he need not master the languages of those activities. But every man must be a specialist in history, making historical explanations of the past and predictions of the future. Otherwise he shouldn't be running around loose."

(J. H. Hexter, The History Primer, 1971, p. 52)