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John Morley: “All epochs are fastened together by a sequence of causes and effects, linking the condition of the world to all the…”

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All epochs are fastened together by a sequence of causes and effects, linking the condition of the world to all the conditions that have gone before it.
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John Morley

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Morley articulates the interconnectedness of historical events and their causes and effects.

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