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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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 historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
History is the devil's scripture.
History is the devil's scripture.
While we read history we make history.
While we read history we make history.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
