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History, a distillation of rumor.
History, a distillation of rumor.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
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.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.
Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
The dignity of history.
The dignity of history.
To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.
To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
