History Nuggets: #1 September 2018

“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of  preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Machiavelli