Gertrude Himmelfarb Quote

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.


On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society (ed. 1994)


The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.