God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the read more

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a read more

A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

To many fame comes too late.

To many fame comes too late.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.