To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

You have to wonder how they got it up there. But, this is what life is all about. History, which he was such a major part of. Not just being raised in Somerset, but being a famous general during the Civil War. I guess every small town wants to be connected to history through a famous person and he's who we connect with.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.