History Repeats Itself
By: July • Essay • 281 Words • November 27, 2009 • 1,656 Views
Essay title: History Repeats Itself
"History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other."- Philip Guedalla
This quote implies that when events happen, we do not learn from them so they happen again. Wars are started and ended with dreadful consequences yet almost as soon as one is ended another begins. Nothing is learned from the mistakes so history repeats itself. Natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes occur frequently throughout the world yet we still continue to pollute the atmosphere causing even greater disasters to the climate and environment.
I am in agreement with this quote because as I see in the world around us today, religious fanaticism is becoming as prominent as it was in the Middle Ages; fashion designers take their inspiration for the modern clothes from old, even ancient designs and through human carelessness our climate is changing drastically.
Inevitably, Historians repeat the