Quote of the day
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.... Blushes are the sign of guilt; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Leonard Krieger

Born: 1918
Died: 1990 (aged 72)
Bio: Leonard Krieger was an American historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, especially Germany. He was influential as an intellectual historian, and particularly for his discussion of historicism.
Known for:
- The German idea of freedom (1957)
- Kings and philosophers, 1689-1789. (1970)
- Time's reasons (1989)
- Ideas and events
- Ranke (1977)