Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess we call life reduced to some order. pattern and possibly purpose. — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the… — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view,… — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the… — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
