The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.