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Gertrude Himmelfarb - On Looking Into the Abyss (1994)

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

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The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the validity of the work, the integrity (and the humility) of the historian, and to the dignity of the discipline.

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As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech, moreover, is essential not only for its own sake but for the sake of truth, which requires absolute liberty for the utterance of unpopular and even demonstrably false opinions.

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Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.

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Gertrude Himmelfarb

Gertrude Himmelfarb

Born: August 8, 1922
Died: December 30, 2019 (aged 97)
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