“It is wiser, I believe, to arrive at theory by way of evidence rather than the other way around.... It is more rewarding, in any case, to assemble the facts first and, in the process of arranging them in narrative form, to discover a theory or a historical generalization emerging of its own accord.” WayFirstsBelieveFactsFormI BelieveProcessCasesAtheismTheoryEvidenceHistoricalPositive AtheismNarrativeWiserAccordEmergingGeneralizationArranging Book:Practicing History: Selected Essays Source: Practicing History: Selected Essays
“Strange that theory and practice so seldom should accord.” ShouldPracticeStrangeTheoryAccordTheory And Practice Author:Mary Jane Holmes