The historian must be patient, reading vast quantities of ev... - Fernand Braudel

"The historian must be patient, reading vast quantities of evidence to discern patterns."

Fernand Braudel Patience

Historian French 1902–1985

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"Geography is destiny."

"Civilizations are mortal like men."

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"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

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"Patience is a virtue I never learned."