For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.
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The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.
The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands read more
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual read more
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest
expression of what can be called Thought.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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.
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
