Education: Biographer of Mankind
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Civilization," Durant once observed, "is a stream with banks." Most historians, he thought, concentrate on the stream, "which is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting." Durant was devoted to what happened on the banks. There, "unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry, whittle statues"—or write about it all.
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