“I have tried to be impartial, though I know that a man's past always colors his views, and that nothing else is so irritating as impartiality.”

— Will Durant, book The Story of Civilization

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The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), VI - The Reformation (1957)

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American historian, philosopher and writer 1885–1981

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