Quote of the day
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Leopold von Ranke
Born: December 21, 1795
Died: May 23, 1886 (aged 90)
Bio: Leopold von Ranke was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history.
Known for:
- The theory and practice of history
- History of the Reformation in Germany
- The secret of world history
- History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations (1494 to 1514)







