Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

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.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.