Henry Steele Commager Quote

To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of all skeins, is a sign of immaturity.


The Nature and the Study of History (1965)


To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of...

To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of...

To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of...

To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of...