The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

  • -- Stendhal 司汤达

历史学家的首要条件是没有发明创造的能力。

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I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come before us.

我认为,对我们有效地处理我们现在的问题的能力来说,没有什么比理解前人的教训更重要的了。

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.

但我是个历史学家。我不只是对做制片人感兴趣,我对做研究感兴趣,并把研究结果展示给大众。

Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.

每个历史学家都有一个非正式的人类学,从未使用过这个词。

I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.

我最大限度地发挥了我的能力,并在我的头衔上尽了最大努力。