From Depicting The Past, So Goes The

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

I Have Always Made An Effort To Render Every Detail Of My Reality With The Greatest Accuracy; But I Have Never Paid Attention To Whether My Presentation Of Historical Facts Was An Exact One.

From Depicting The Past, So Goes The Suspicion, It Is A Short Step To Glorifying The Past.

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

I Should Add That It Is Open To Debate Whether What We Call The Writing Of History These Days Is Truly Scientific.