People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

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...

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

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.

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.

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

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....

Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the...

Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.