At 04:56 PM 4/1/03 -0500, Gavin Townsend wrote:
>Oooh, oooh, I think I know this one.
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>"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." George Santayana
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>Gavin Townsend (one who forgets much and is certainly doomed)
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The version I've heard goes "Those who do not learn from the past are
condemned to repeat it."

It's always said to be from the Spanish-American philosopher George
Santayana (1865-1952), but nobody ever cites exactly WHERE he wrote it.
The thought may not even be original with him, but he always gets credit
for it, like "Ford" and "assembly line."
Fritz Efaw,
per/pro
The Sacco-Vanzetti Chair
of Excellent Edu-Babble