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All history, of course, is the history of wars.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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.