Understanding the past requires the patience to see beyond i... - Fernand Braudel

This quote is attributed to Fernand Braudel.

"Understanding the past requires the patience to see beyond individual lives to collective patterns."

Fernand Braudel Patience

Historian French 1902–1985

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