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When we’re presented with multiple perspectives on history, we can determine whether someone is misusing the past or wielding history as a weapon not just by checking the facts (although that can be useful), but by examining which stories
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This is the essence of Historiography... understanding why people write what they do... and how their biases effect their use (and misuse) of the past.
“The devil can quote Scripture," she said.
"No doubt he had his hand in writing it," the captain shot back.”
― The Red Knight
"No doubt he had his hand in writing it," the captain shot back.”
― The Red Knight
“But . . .” Dominic floundered around for a bit before pointing at me accusingly. “You said that there’s weird shit, but it normally turns out to have a rational explanation.”
“It does,” said Beverley. “The explanation is a wizard did it.”
― Foxglove Summer
“It does,” said Beverley. “The explanation is a wizard did it.”
― Foxglove Summer
“Now, personally, I'd have been happier driving an armored personnel carrier in through the front door. But since we're the Met, and not the police department of a small town in Missouri, we didn't have one.”
― The Hanging Tree
― The Hanging Tree
“Doubt about your wisdom can be the clearest sign of wisdom”
― The Servants of the Storm
― The Servants of the Storm
“That which does not kill us,” I said, “has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.”
― Broken Homes
― Broken Homes
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