Bearing in mind that 'that which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before,' significant events of the past must be known, to the end that we intelligently comprehend the present, and are enabled, even in scant measure, to forecast the future.
Stevenson emphasizes the importance of historical knowledge for understanding the present and predicting the future.
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