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It is generally the past half century that would be recognized as the height of documentary editing as a systematic, professionalized, and effective pastime. Clearly, the late nineteenth century movement called scientific history, with its emphasis on the

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It is generally the past half century that would be recognized as the height of documentary editing as a systematic, professionalized, and effective pastime. Clearly, the late nineteenth century movement called scientific history, with its emphasis on the careful use of documentary sources akin to the running of experiments in scientific laboratories, had much to do with the development of more rigorous standards for documentary editing.

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