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"Yet after some 12 centuries of steady occupation of their land, something happened in the world of the Maya, and the Maya civilization in the lowlands came to a precipitous end. All building stopped and center after center was deserted, to be reclaimed by the creeping jungle." Aug 14, 2020 08:10AM

 
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Adam Hochschild
“On Memorial Day 1927, a march of some 1,000 Klansmen through the New York City borough of Queens turned into a brawl with the police. Several people wearing Klan hoods were arrested, one of them a young real estate developer named Fred Trump.”
Adam Hochschild, American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Tony Warrick
“Make a commitment to give up on toxic thoughts, behaviors, and relationships, but never give up on yourself and your dreams.”
Tony Warrick

Dan Abrams
“His craft had enabled him to perfect the art of dispassion,”
Dan Abrams, Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency

Bruce Catton
“But the miracle of the spirit which takes thousands of young men, ties them together in strange self-forgetfulness, and enables them to walk steadfastly and without faltering into the certainty of pain and death was wearing very thin.”
Bruce Catton, Mr. Lincoln's Army

Andrew  Smith
“I READ SOMEWHERE that human beings are genetically predisposed to record history. We believe it will prevent us from doing stupid things in the future.”
Andrew Smith, Grasshopper Jungle

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