When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad historian, and there are times when I incline to judge all historians by their opinion of Winston Churchill -- whether they can see that, no matter how much better the details, often damaging, of man and career become known, he still remains quite simply, a great man.
The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. - Geoffrey Elton
The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation.
- Geoffrey Elton
If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing. - Geoffrey Elton
If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing.
Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is th… - Geoffrey Elton
Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is th…
History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of … - Geoffrey Elton
History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of …
When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad histo… - Geoffrey Elton
When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad histo…
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