“(So T. S. Eliot’s helpful reminder from “Gerontion”: “History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors / And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions, / Guides us by vanities.”)” — Mark S. Smith Copy Share Image
“Our limited data force a sense of historical fragility: even as I nurture interpretation, I continually run the risk of creating it in my… — Mark S. Smith Copy Share Image
“(So T. S. Eliot’s helpful reminder from “Gerontion”: “History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors / And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions, / Guides… — Mark S. Smith Copy Share Image
“For once I myself saw with my own eyes the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a cage, and when the boys said to her,… — Mark S. Smith Copy Share Image
