Issue221,9,酒香，nofeelings

nofeelings811UID: 2388638

221 "The chief benefit of the study of history is to break down the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people who lived at any other time in history."

How different we are from our fathers makes us feel so blessed. We know it which is a important benefit from the study of history. However, the most important benefit is knowing the common things, after which we can foretell the future somehow.

The study of history makes us know the people in another period, their life styles, cultures, dreams, even any other period. So, we can know the differences between us and them. Ambling in the museum, you will be astonished at the great benefit of the researching on history. Then you will know the differences. Thousands years ago, they use stone to hunt and fight, use obscure symbol as the language, which we do not understand. You know them from the stones of ancient, which are digged by the experts. That's may be five thousands ago; Keep on walking, you will adore the wisdom of our fathers, who are so different from us. Apply pointed metal as popular weapons, different shape has different usage, whereas guns are our popular ones. That's may be two thousands years ago. Without museum, we can also know them from books, however the proofs are not strong, and if there are no books, only we know will be the now. So, without study on the history, we will never know how different are we from our fathers, please use your illusion: you will even consider the electricity is created by God from the beginning of the human history.

Not only the history illuminates the dark side of our knowledge about differences from ancient, it also illustrates us the laws of the past, laws of tomorrow. This is to say, it tell us some thing same that happened and can foretell the future. History always repeats itself. China have 31 Dynasty in the past, Dynasties come and go, but reasons almost the same. Farmers can not run for their lives, with the burden added by the King, then they stand up for their better lives, and then one of them becomes King. This pattern never failed, until foreigners came to China, making it a slave country. By musing on these things happened, we can draw a conclusion that people have the potential ability of fighting for their rights, liberty, prosperity, just same as the modern us. People are born to be free, this will never change.From the World War, we learned a lot of things that will lead to a war, so now we do any thing peacefully, just to avoid the war, which will cause endless pain and sorrow. So I have this faith that in the future the war will be less and less. Just like the chaos system, things happened seem irregularly, but carefully calculated on it, there will be some reasons with which we can presume something. Thus, the study history the program of musing on the things happened in the past, letting us know the truth and the future, and also the common places between us and ancient people, such like spirits and souls.

Which are more important that history let us know, differences or common things? Basically, common things are more important, which are almost most valuable transmitted. Work hard, fight for freedom, believe in better life, love others, that's the sprits of the human. The souls that transcended from our fathers by study of the history. The differences let us know how blessed we, for instance, we feel happy that we can use computer do the complex calculation and long distance communication. However, the common places let us know who we are, and what we should do, that's the true roots of being.

And I know our story will be studied, my soul and your souls will transcend, which means study of history has the most important benefit: let people know the common things.