"The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous……" — G. M. Trevelyan

The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that Once, on… - G. M. Trevelyan

"The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that Once, on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women, as actual as we are today, thinking their own thoughts, swayed by their own passions, but now all are gone, one generation vanishing after another, gone as utterly as we ourselves shall shortly be gone like ghosts at cockcrow."

— G. M. Trevelyan

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