Ever Since My Youth It Has Disturbed

It Is Only The Strong Who Are Strengthened By Suffering; The Weak Are Made Weaker.

What Is A Historian, Anyway? It Is Someone Who Uses Facts To Record The Development Of Humanity.

An Author Who Sets About To Depict Events Of The Past That Have Run Their Course Is Suspected Of Wishing To Avoid The Problems Of The Present Day, Of Being, In Other Words, A Reactionary.

Like The Philosopher, The Author Views His Task As One Of Establishing A Clear Connection Between Life And History, And Of Making The Past Bear Fruit For The Present And Future.

There's Only A Step From The Sublime To The Ridiculous, But There's No Road Leading From The Ridiculous To The Sublime.