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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is read more
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
