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History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological leisureliness, and man is equipped to respond in stereotyped ways to frequently occurring situations and stimuli like hunger, danger, and sex.  But in a developed and complex civilization individuals are more differentiated and unique than in a primitive society, and many situations contain novel circumstances requiring modifications of instinctive response;  custom recedes, reasoning spreads;  the results are less predictable.  There is no certainty that the future will repeat the past.  Every year is an adventure.

-Will & Ariel Durant,  The Lessons Of History