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Over a century ago, Harper's Weekly commented that advertisements were " a true mirror of life, a sort of fossil history from which the future chronicler if all other historical monuments were to be lost, might fully and graphically rewrite the history of our time".

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Help me please
I can not get the meaning of this sentence!? would you please help me to understand it?

Over a century ago, Harper's Weekly commented that advertisements were " a true mirror of life, a sort of fossil history from which the future chronicler if all other historical monuments were to be lost, might fully and graphically rewrite the history of our time".

Thank you

Answer

The writer is commenting on how advertisements from a time period can tell someone a lot about that period of time, even if there is no other historical data to use to gain information. For instance, the reader can see what products and ideas were popular based on the advertisements that were included in a magazine, and also whether a product or idea is new.

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The meaning is like adds fully relfect the spirit of their age. Comparably to other official sources.

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