“Our limited data force a sense of historical fragility: even as I nurture interpretation, I continually run the risk of creating it… — Mark S. Smith Fragility 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,… — Mark S. Smith History 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… — Mark S. Smith Eliot Copy Share Image
