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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.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.
With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.
