Does history matter? The answer to that question is quite simple and obvious. Of course history matters. Where would we be without it? We humans question everything and when we find an answer to that question, we want to know why. It's only natural. Luckily, history tells us why. It explains why certain events occurred that made our world the way it is today. Robert Penn Warren said, "History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future." History, in other words, tells us what not to do. Everyone, as a whole, makes mistakes, and it does not matter whether those mistakes were big or small, there is always something to be learned from them. We gain wisdom, but for those who fail to learn from history... well, they're doomed to repeat it.
