People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be read more

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History belongs to the winner.

History belongs to the winner.