“For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian──ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection that unattainable by the highest art.” IgnoranceHistorian Book:Eminent Victorians Source: Eminent Victorians
“Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.” FirstsArtIgnoranceHighestPerfectionHistorianSimplifyUnattainablePlacid Author:Lytton Strachey