![]() Every subsequent event in history changes the way the previous events were viewed. New information often not only sheds more light on a topic of historical study, but it changes the contours of the study. History is built upon layers of interpretation, presuppositions, viewpoints, angles of observation, and preferences. History is art.” It is well that he repeated this often, for it took me years to grasp what he was saying. Thomas Wagy repeatedly says, “If you want truth, go to the religion or history departments. Loving history and loving stories (both are intricately connected), a reader does not mind tramping along on the same battlefields, witnessing the same political risings and fallings, and hearing the same anecdotes, with a few new ones added on.īut one thing that slowly dawns on the eager college kid who is majoring in history is that “the story” is not “a story.” As Dr. ![]() Years of reading histories of different events confirms that as a general truth. It has been said that while history may not repeat itself, historians repeat each other. ![]()
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