The history of mankind is largely the history of the struggl... - Alfred Marshall

"The history of mankind is largely the history of the struggle against nature."

Alfred Marshall History

Economist Mathematician British 1842–1924

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"Economics is the study of mankind in the ordinary business of life."

"The scope of economics is much wider than is commonly supposed."

"Human nature is the most wonderful and the most complex of all phenomena."

"The steadiest progress in the solution of a difficult problem comes from steady work."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."