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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-acton" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Acton"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-acton-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-acton/by-a-series-of-violent-shocks-the-nations-in-succession-have-struggled-to-shake-off-the-past-to-698" class="qlink">By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-acton">John Acton</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Renaissance to Revolution: the rise of the free state, lectures on modern history (1961 edition)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-acton/by-a-series-of-violent-shocks-the-nations-in-succession-have-struggled-to-shake-off-the-past-to-698',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-acton%2Fby-a-series-of-violent-shocks-the-nations-in-succession-have-struggled-to-shake-off-the-past-to-698&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=By+a+series+of+violent+shocks%2C+the+nations+in+succession+have+struggled+to+shake+off+the+Past%2C+to+...+%28John+Acton%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-acton%2Fby-a-series-of-violent-shocks-the-nations-in-succession-have-struggled-to-shake-off-the-past-to-698',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-acton/by-a-series-of-violent-shocks-the-nations-in-succession-have-struggled-to-shake-off-the-past-to-698" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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