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4. “The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.”
E.M. Forster
Historian, Men, Dead, Genius, Historical Understanding, Personal Insight
6. “With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead.” Sylvia Plath Shifting Time, Present Moment, Forever Changing, Life, Judge, Dead
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4. “The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.”
E.M. Forster Historian, Men, Dead, Genius, Historical Understanding, Personal Insight
6. “With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead.”
Sylvia Plath Shifting Time, Present Moment, Forever Changing, Life, Judge, Dead
