For a people to be without History, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory — condemned forever to make the same discoveries that have been made in the past, invent the same techniques, wrestle with the same problems, commit the same errors; and condemned, too, to forfeit the rich pleasures of recollection.


The Study of History (1966)

Henry Steele Commager Quotes

For a people to be without History, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory — condemned forever to make the same...

For a people to be without History, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory — condemned forever to make the same...

For a people to be without History, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory — condemned forever to make the same...

For a people to be without History, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory — condemned forever to make the same...