Hendrik Willem van Loon opens with the stuffy front parlors of Holland, kept shut and full of the past, and uses them to ask what we do with history. He sets two sayings above it.
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Hendrik Willem van Loon opens with the stuffy front parlors of Holland, kept shut and full of the past, and uses them to ask what we do with history. He sets two sayings above it. Cicero: not to know what happened before you were born is to remain a child. Henry Ford: history is bunk.
This essay comes from Civilization in the United States, a 1922 collection edited by Harold Stearns. Read by JOHN RIDDLE in thirty-six minutes.
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Details
Length
36 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
August 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798182618694
Questions
Who narrates the History audiobook?
This edition of History by Hendrik Willem van Loon is narrated by JOHN RIDDLE.
How long is the History audiobook?
It runs 36 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
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