You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
Tag: historian
The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest intellect, the warmest human sympathy and the highest imaginative powers.
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.