"Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman."

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The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree, have figured it out.

— Carl Sagan