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Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
There is properly no history, only biography.
There is properly no history, only biography.
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
