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[P]recisely the simple events experienced by children, sometimes possess something of natural historicity. For isn't it as a child that we live in the most vital way, and isn't it from here that an uninterrupted chain of mutual influences leads into all surrounding life and finally into what we call history? And even the most superb historiography will have to recognize that the simple way in which people of various centuries and different generations have autobiographically narrated their childhoods and have reflected themselves in them represents a remarkable piece of the history of nature and evolution. We must never entirely forget what is inherent and rooted in every historical life from below.

— Friedrich Meinecke

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[P]recisely the simple events experienced by children, sometimes possess something of natural historicity. For isn't it as a child that we live in the most vital way, and isn't it from here that an uninterrupted chain of mutual influences leads into all surrounding life and finally into what we call history? And even the most superb historiography will have to recognize that the simple way in which people of various centuries and different generations have autobiographically narrated their childhoods and have reflected themselves in them represents a remarkable piece of the history of nature and evolution. We must never entirely forget what is inherent and rooted in every historical life from below." in the context of "p. 33" 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.