It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.


Erewhon Revisited (1901) ch. 14

Samuel Butler Quotes

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He...

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He...

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He...

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He...