My Shorthand Answer Is That I Try

First Of All, You Can Make The Argument That There's No Such Thing As The Past. Nobody Lived In The Past.

You've Got To Marinate Your Head, In That Time And Culture. You've Got To Become Them." (speaking About Researching, And Reading, And Immersing Yourself In History)

I've Always Been Dissatisfied, I Know That. But Lately I Find That I Reek Of Discontentment. It Fills My Throat, And It Floods My Brain. And Sometimes I Fear There Is No Longer A Dream, But Only The Discontentment.

We Must Not Think Of Learning As Only What Happens In Schools. It Is An Extended Part Of Life. The Most Readily Available Resource For All Of Life Is Our Public Library System.

If We Think Back Through Our Own Lives, The Subjects That You Liked Best In School Almost Certainly Were Taught By The Teachers You Liked Best. And The Teacher You Liked Best Was The Teacher Who Cared About The Subject She Taught.