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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
