I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.