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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay Biography

  Nationality: Scottish
Type: Poet

Born: October 28, 1925
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