Quote by Will Durant

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the

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This quote highlights the paradox of the American population's knowledge. It suggests that while Americans may prided themselves on being highly informed about current events and possessing up-to-date information about the past 24 hours, they may lack a similar level of awareness about historical events that have occurred over thousands of years. In other words, it emphasizes the potential imbalance between contemporary and long-term historical knowledge among Americans.

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