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I arrived home from work today and discovered a package on my front doorstep (left out in the rain nonetheless). Inside was a book with a note from my uncle that it belonged to my paternal grandmother as a child in grade school at St. Paul's in Delaware City, Delaware. It's titled Bible History and is the 1904 edition. Inside the book she wrote her name and school location, twice. The note from my uncle also instructed me to pass it down to the next generation.
History Books“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.” So said the early 2…