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Orange Jacobs: “While the light of ages comes streaming down the pathway of history, it illumes the present and enlarges the scope of…”

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While the light of ages comes streaming down the pathway of history, it illumes the present and enlarges the scope of human knowledge, yet it gives no prophetic insight, hence, which will be the final victor is unseen.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs philosophically reflects on the nature of history and the unpredictability of future outcomes.

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