The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

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 fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had read more

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.