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Quote by Donald P. Ryan

“Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable.”

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Donald P. Ryan is a renowned archaeologist born in 1957. He has conducted extensive research in the field of archaeology, with a particular focus on the Maya civilization of Central America. more

“But if we laugh with derision, we will never understand. Human intellectual capacity has not altered for thousands of years so far as we can tell. If intelligent people invested intense energy in issues that now seem foolish to us, then the failure lies in our understanding of their world, not in their distorted perceptions.”

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