"Histories used often to be stories: the fashion……" — Augustus William Hare

Histories used often to be stories: the fashion now is to leave… - Augustus William Hare
"Histories used often to be stories: the fashion now is to leave out the story. Our histories are stall-fed: the facts are absorbed by the reflexions, as the meat is sometimes by the fat."

Augustus William Hare

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