History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.