The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds as it amuses the fancy as it improves the understanding and as it strengthens virtue.
Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason...
If I had been elected president in 1948 history would be vastly different. I...
So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear and to fearlessly do right.