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The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.
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.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
