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John Morley: History, it would seem, can speak with two voices--even to disciples equally honest, industrious, and competent.

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History, it would seem, can speak with two voices--even to disciples equally honest, industrious, and competent.
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John Morley

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He suggests that history can be interpreted in multiple ways by equally qualified scholars.

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