A passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract. 2. to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract. 3. to take or select passages<span> from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.</span>
The clause, "whoever is interested in the past", is a: <u> noun clause </u> .
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