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Article: COLUMN: New museum allows discussion of history
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- September 27, 2004
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David Cotton
University Wire
09-27-2004
(Sidelines) (U-WIRE) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The Roman orator Cicero once said that "not to know what came before is to always remain a child." This was an early attempt to explain man's need to recall, to even write down past events and call it history. Something to do about life's lessons learned, I think.
I'm not sure if other disciplines share this need to validate themselves, but in the study of history, the whys and more importantly the hows of history, are hot topics. The ugly truth is that history affects the present through the perceptions it creates of those it discusses. In a society where perceptions dictate actions, the power of history is ...