Author: Samuel E. Morison

Quotes

Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.

Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.

- Samuel E. Morison

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.

- Samuel E. Morison

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

- Samuel E. Morison

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.

- Samuel E. Morison

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