It is not the historian's business to be complimentary; it is his business to lay bare the facts of the case, as he understands them . . . dispassionately, impartially and without ulteriormotives.
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This quote is just one of 3 total Lytton Strachey quotes in our collection. Lytton Strachey is known for saying 'It is not the historian's business to be complimentary; it is his business to lay bare the facts of the case, as he understands them . . . dispassionately, impartially and without ulterior motives.' as well as some of the following quotes.
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
This quote is just one of 3 total Lytton Strachey quotes in our collection. Lytton Strachey is known for saying 'It is not the historian's business to be complimentary; it is his business to lay bare the facts of the case, as he understands them . . . dispassionately, impartially and without ulterior motives.' as well as some of the following quotes.