"The power and breath of our own lives, and the energy with which
we reflect on them are the foundation of historical vision.”
Wilhelm Dilthey, Patterns and
Meaning in History
"All human beings are practicing history. As we go through life
we present ourselves to others through our life story; as we grow and
mature we change that story through different interpretations and
different emphasis. We stress different events as having been
decisive at different times in our life history and, as we do so, we
give those events new meanings. People do not think of this as “doing
history”; they engage in it often without special awareness. We live
our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing.”
Gerda Lerner, Why History Matters
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