The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in read more

The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

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.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.