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Article: Intellectual bunk as 'history'
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- Jerusalem Post
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- December 6, 1996
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MOSHE KOHN
Jerusalem Post
12-06-1996
The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for, if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.
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