The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.

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But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that...

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that...

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to...

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to...