“Our historical pursuits should seek meaning as well as understanding, wisdom as well as knowledge. They should center on two pivotal questions:… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Reviewing how American memory of the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving has changed over time exposes our fundamental self-centeredness, for we see how readily… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Separatists were convinced, and to remain in submission to such a “popish device” would be sin.” — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“It was here that the Scrooby faithful began to exhibit what one historian, with only slight exaggeration, calls “an extraordinary talent for getting duped.” — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“I confess that my first reaction was a self-righteous astonishment that any group could so disfigure the past after its own image, but I… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Our historical pursuits should seek meaning as well as understanding, wisdom as well as knowledge. They should center on two pivotal questions: What can… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“The Pilgrims thought of liberty as the freedom to do what is right, not to decide what is right. In their view, the persecution… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
“More of us concede that history can be entertaining, and we’re even willing to “watch some history” on TV whenever nothing better is on,… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
