Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

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The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to...

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....