It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object. That is, it should not merely gratify the reader’s curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future.
John Robert Seeley
History does not repeat…but it does rhyme!
–Mark Twain
Sam knew how to craft a memorable phrase. I wonder what he would have to say about the details of the present day situation.
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself…