Sunday, June 19, 2011

Quote du jour

Too many people are under the impression that "history" is a science of quantifiable events.
I mean, it's all laid out there in the history texts, right?
History is the interpretation of events. There are good and bad, correct and incorrect, biased and unbiased interpretations of history.

Sometimes, everyman must be his own historian to get it right.

-Proof
Posted by at 12:01 AM
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4 comments:

  1. SilverfiddleJune 19, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Well stated. Are you a Will Durant fan?

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  2. Mike aka ProofJune 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    I am. Plus, anyone married to a mermaid can't be all bad!

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  3. SilverfiddleJune 19, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Wow! It took me a few minutes to get the reference...

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  4. Mike aka ProofJune 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    We are the master of the eclectic and the obscure here!

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