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    Title of Why study history? article author Peter N. Stearns Pages 31-38 ‘Wily STUDY MISTORY? By Peter N. Stearns People tive in the presen. They plan for and worry about the future. History, however, i he study of the past. Given all the demands that press in from living inthe present and anticipating what i yet To come, why bother with wha hasbeen? Given all the desirable and evailble branches of knowledge, why insis-as most American ‘sucetional program do-n a good bit af history’? And why urge many stents to sty even moee history than they are required 0? Any subject of study noodsjustieaton: its advocates must explain why itis worth attention. Most widely accepted subjects-and history is certainly one of them= tract some people who simply ike the information and mods of thought involved. But audiences less spontaneously drawn othe subject and more doubtful about why to bother need to know what the purpose i Historians de not perform heart tansplant, improve highway design, or arest

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