“The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance; he is perpetually confronted with his own humiliating inability to interpret his material correctly; he is, in a sense that no other writer is, in bondage to that material.”
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C. V. Wedgwood
C.V. Wedgwood was an individual active in an unknown field during the 20th century. His life and achievements are not well-documented, but it is believed that he may have made contributions to the field. more
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