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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Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
While we read history we make history.
While we read history we make history.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has read more
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
