p. 29
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[E]very human life, even the most modest, has its own independent value not only before God, but also before history; even if it were just a wave, or even, a small drop, in the flow of time. In fact, every human life, when it is lived, gives some news of historical transformations on a large scale. And consciously his contribution to them, even minimal, is not lacking. A fundamental secret of historical life is always repeated: something typical, similar in many, is inextricably fused with something purely individual and which is never repeated in the same way.

— Friedrich Meinecke

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[E]very human life, even the most modest, has its own independent value not only before God, but also before history; even if it were just a wave, or even, a small drop, in the flow of time. In fact, every human life, when it is lived, gives some news of historical transformations on a large scale. And consciously his contribution to them, even minimal, is not lacking. A fundamental secret of historical life is always repeated: something typical, similar in many, is inextricably fused with something purely individual and which is never repeated in the same way." in the context of "p. 29" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Friedrich Meinecke

About Friedrich Meinecke

Friedrich Meinecke (October 30, 1862 – February 6, 1954), German historian.