We all know the adage from Edmund Burke (eminently quotable, like G.K. Chesterton) "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."
History speaks to us and teaches us - if we will listen. Who wants a boring timeline? Or memorizing dates? Unless you understand what the time line represents.
People lived lives just like us - under different conditions perhaps, but with the same nature and the same characteristic tendencies. They did heroic things, unimaginable things, horrific things, stupid things... just like people today.
Will we learn or follow the same course? History is full of lessons - many of them sobering.
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Hey John!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the blog: what's your vision for the interaction between us living guys on this blog?
Do you want us to chime in with observations from our favorite dead guys? Book recommendations? Just wondering...