Quotes by Strachey, Lytton

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian -- ignorance, which >>

Quotations about History and Historians

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History is but a confused heap of facts. >>

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian -- ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Strachey, Lytton