Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.
You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories