There Are Thus Great Swathes Of The Past Where Understanding Is More Important And Reputable Than Judgement, Because The Principal Actors Performed In Line With The Ideas And Values Of That Time, Not Of Ours. - SearchQuotes

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There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

Douglas Hurd

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