I may remind you that history is not a branch of literature. The facts of history, like the facts of geology or astronomy, can supply material for literary art; for manifest reasons they lend themselves to artistic representation far more… — J. B. Bury Copy Share
I may remind you that history is not a branch of literature. The facts of history, like the facts of geology or astronomy, can supply material for literary art; for manifest reasons they lend themselves to artistic representation far more readily than those of the natural sciences; but to clothe the story of human society in a literary dress is… — J. B. Bury Copy Share
The ideal of progress, freedom of thought, and the decline of ecclesiastical power go together. — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
A complete assemblage of the smallest facts of human history will tell in the end. — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify. — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
