Comic #2347: 2011-10-17

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Comic Description:

First Panel:

• A child speaks to an older man.
• Text: "THOSE WHO DO NOT STUDY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT."

Second Panel:

• The same child is questioning the older man.
• Child asks: "So, if we don't study history, it'll be bad because we won't see what's coming?"
• The older man responds: "RIGHT."

Third Panel:

• The child continues to think aloud.
• Text: "But then if we DO study history, we aren't doomed to repeat it. So, it was a waste of time to learn it in the first place."

Fourth Panel:

• The older man looks contemplative.
• He says: "HMM… I’M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOUR MOTHER FOR A BETTER TRUISM."

Fifth Panel:

• Another character, likely the child’s mother, enters the conversation.
• The older man is looking serious.
• Text: "THOSE WHO DO NOT STUDY HISTORY GET SMACKED."