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It is impossible to write ancient history because we lack source materials, and impossible to write modern history because we have far too many.
The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half-true.
History was part of the baggage we threw overboard when we launched ourselves into the New World.
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Wherever men have lived there is a story to be told, and it depends chiefly on the story-teller or historian whether that is interesting or not.
The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.
World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently!
History is all explained by geography.
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