I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.


Preface. - A History of Europe (1934)


I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the ...

I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the ...

I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the ...

I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the ...