For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

Christopher Pike
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For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history. A sense of history is a sense of place, a place that has been touched by human hands and minds. It is not an intellectual understanding or an analysis of historical details. When it comes to history, events are just the means to an end. History must be about how people feel about events.

Source: The Last Vampire

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