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What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
Give the historians something to write about.
Give the historians something to write about.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
