Friday, October 26, 2012

Everyman His Own Historian

"History is the memory of things said and done."

I was reminded the other day of a brilliant presentation by Carl Becker who was the president of the American Historical Association in 1931. It is as relevant and perhaps just as controversial as it was then.
http://www.historians.org/info/aha_history/clbecker.htm




2 comments:

  1. Great find Phil. I love this address and have used it many times in papers, presentations, etc.

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