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The new $75,000 Cundill prize in History may excite historians, Roger Hall says, but let's hope its greatest reward is in promoting Canadian history to the public. "What the very existence of a worthy prize can do is to set the bar high and to publicize good work. That is what one hopes will be the outcome of the new Cundill prize. It promises the highest standards within and without the academy. And one hopes some of that splendour might filter down to influence the denizens who fashion curriculums in our public schools. History is far too important to be left to the bureaucrats."