“The special study which, in the course of my researches, I have made of the life of the countryside has convinced me that we can truly understand the past only if we read it by the light of the present.” HistoryWwii France Author:Marc Bloch
“But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.” UnderstandingHistoryEndeavorConstructionCabinets Book:The Historian's Craft Source: The Historian's Craft
“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.” KnowsTwoTeachHistoryImpossibleConditionsEventsEssentialsSpringIdentical Author:Marc Bloch
“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.” KnowsHumansLyingHistoryFleshTalesGiantsFairyHistorianFairy TaleScentQuarry Book:The Historian's Craft Source: The Historian's Craft
