Truly it has been said: 'To-day is the pupil of yesterday,' and also 'History is the great teacher of human nature by means of object-lessons drawn from the whole recorded life of human nature.' There is, then, no dead past.
Stevenson underscores the importance of learning from history, suggesting that the past remains relevant to the present.
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