I Should Add That It Is Open

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.

An Action Doesn't Have To Be Wrong Just Because It Is Not Logical. It Doesn't Have To Be Right Just Because It Has Its Logic.

After Closely Examining My Conscience, I Venture To State That In My Historical Novels I Intended The Content To Be Just As Modern And Up-to-date As In The Contemporary Ones.

Both The Historian And The Novelist View History As The Struggle Of A Tiny Minority, Able And Determined To Make Judgments, Which Is Up Against A Vast And Densely Packed Majority Of The Blind, Who Are Led By Their Instincts And Unable To Think For Themselves.

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