http://loveofhistory.com/quotation-of-the-week-9/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/quotation-of-the-week-9/#comment-248 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:08:29 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=351#comment-248 In my opinion history is what can be used in the future. Unless, of course, we are talking about “final examinations history (istoria desmis)”! Am I right, Constantina?

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/quotation-of-the-week-9/#comment-247 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:52:46 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=351#comment-247 I have interviewed older people for local archives, and this is my constant worry – that I am receiving an abridged, edited version of the past. There’s nothing to remedy this except the gathering of as many contemporaneous accounts as possible of particular events. The truth is out there, they say, just don’t expect it to be the same as your own ‘truth’.

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