Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.