Barbara W. TuchmanIf the historian will submit himself to his material instead of trying to impose himself on his material, then the material will ultimately speak to him and supply the answers.
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When the material is the historian’s only guide, he cannot avoid falling prey to all sorts of fallacies and false notions. He must fight against these and not allow them to take over his thinking.
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