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Quote by Edward Gibbon

“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”

Quote by Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon was an English historian renowned for his magnum opus, 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. His work has had a profound impact on historical studies. more

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