"What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?'
'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.
'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...
'Finn?'
'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)"
-- Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending --
Have a great Thursday!
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1 comment:
Isn't that the truth...I wonder how history will record our times.
In some ways, with our giant technological steps, we are on the brink of a new tomorrow. Then again we are also living in an age of senseless violence and where there are whole segments of our world living blissfully in scientific ignorance.
Oops I didn't mean to rant!
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