“The distortion
produced by bias are potentially present in any attempt to write history.
Sometimes the danger is obvious and menacing, sometimes it is covert, coming
from unexpected angles and in not easily detected forms. ….Any interpretation
which makes use of facts which can be shown to be false, or accepts as
certainty true facts which are dubious, or does not take into account facts
which are known, are at best, potentially misleading, and possibly grossly, and
dangerously deceptive. ….It is the first task of the historian to review any
narrative to find what links are missing altogether…where what is defective
cannot be supplied by further research, it is an historian’s duty to draw
attention to the fact so that men can know where they stand.…Any historical
conception which has not been adjusted to the most recent results will cease to
be satisfactory.”
Sunday, December 30, 2012
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