A thorough knowledge of the past could lead a profound scholar to predict the future course of history with great accuracy, provided that it did not turn out quite differently.

  • -- Aubrey Menen 奥布里·梅南

对过去的透彻了解,可以使一个博学的学者非常准确地预测未来的历史进程,只要结果没有太大的不同。