G. M. Trevelyan Quote

You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only politicians adorning their speeches with historical arguments have this power; and even they never agree.


Clio, A Muse and Other Essays (1913)


You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only...

You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only...

You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only...

You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only...