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An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

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There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

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From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

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What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.

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I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

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Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

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Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.

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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

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I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.

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Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Novelist

Born: July 7th, 1884

Died: December 21st, 1958

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