• Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.

  Edward Gibbon
  British historian 1737-1794
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Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative. by : Edward Gibbon

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