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.
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…
- 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 … - 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 …
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.
If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing. - Geoffrey Elton
If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing.
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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