Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Pieter Geyl

Born: December 15, 1887
Died: December 31, 1966 (aged 79)
Bio: Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.
Known for:
- Napoléon, for and against (1949)
- Orange and Stuart, 1641-1672
- From Ranke to Toynbee (1952)
- Debates with historians (1955)
- Revolt of the Netherlands, 1555-1609 (1932)