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History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.
Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to read more
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to read more
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.