“Academics have given up trying to recover an honest picture of the past and have decided that their history-writing should be simply an instrument of moral hand-wringing.” HistoryHumilityStorytelling Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Much of history is fragmentary and essentially anachronistic – condemning the past for not being more like the present. It has no real interest in the pastness of the past.” HumilityPerspective Author:Gordon S. Wood
“History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.” HumanityTeachHumilityQueensThings ChangeRough Times Author:Gordon S. Wood