The past cannot be changed, but our understanding of it can ... - Lucien Febvre

"The past cannot be changed, but our understanding of it can be endlessly refined."

Lucien Febvre Change

Historian French 1878–1956

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"History is not the past. It is the present and the future too."

"To be a historian is to be a man committed to truth."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Understanding the past requires imagination as much as scholarship."

"Change brings new opportunities."

"Every day is a new opportunity."

"Healing doesn't mean forgetting."

"You either get better or you get bitter."