A. L. Rowse Quotes

History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

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• History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

  

  A. L. Rowse
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  • Truth