This wouldn't be such a problem if we clearly distinguished between
documentation and interpretation.
Anna Fariello

>>Without knowing the correct reason,
>>would-be historians make up something that sounds
>>reasonable, but is in fact not true.  It's a great
>>book that identifies a number of ways historians
>>and others can make mistakes in interpreting
>>history.
>The historian's job is to "make up something that sounds reasonable," since
>we can never be in the mind of the person whose history we interpret.
>However, the irresponsible historian says this is the way it was.
>The responsible historian says this is a possible or likely way it could
>have been.
>
>Vincent


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