While the writer's assertion has merit from a normative standpoint, I find it incomplete.
Wow, impressively worded...
By studying history
despite (no, despite is not the right word. You should use "in addition to") increasing our knowledge, we can gain experience without
pragmatically actually being involved with the fact, build our future and augment our original.
On the other hand history books
are replete with...
... studying
the history prepares us for our future.
Apart from learning experiences and achieving advancements this part is unclear...
Apart from
learning experiences gaining insight and achieving advancements, studying
the history helps ...
To summarize I believe studying
the history has some influences on our daily lives and
it is practica
l. It helps us to be
connoisseur wise as
the result of knowing other's experiences. Besides it keep our ability to be progressive.
:-)