The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

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.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.