Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929. less than 1 minute read
One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. less than 1 minute read
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. less than 1 minute read
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. less than 1 minute read
The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene. less than 1 minute read
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. less than 1 minute read
Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. less than 1 minute read
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh. less than 1 minute read
