History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined read more

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

The long historian of my country's woes.

The long historian of my country's woes.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.