No Harm's Done To History

I Feel Very Strongly That History Is About Everything. It Isn't Just About Politics Or The Military Or Social Issues. If Art, Music, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Finance, The World Of Architecture And Technology - If Those Are Left Out, Then You're Not Getting A Full Sense Of The Human Condition. History Is Human And We Human Beings Are Involved In All Kinds Of Things And That's Part Of Our Humanity.

You Can't Love What You Don't Know Much About. You Can't Convince, Stimulate, Hold The Attention, Teach, If You Don't Know What You're Talking About.

George P. A. Healy; "i Knew No One In France, I Was Utterly Ignorant Of The Language, I Did Not Know What I Should Do When Once There; But I Was Not Yet One-and-twenty, And I Had A Great Stock Of Courage, Of Inexperience—which Is Sometimes A Great Help—and A Strong Desire To Be My Very Best.

We Are Raising A Generation Of Young Americans Who Are, To A Very Large Degree, Historically Illiterate. It's Not Their Faults. There's No Problem About Enlisting Their Interest In History. None. The Problem Is The Teachers So Often Have No History In Their Background.

The Talent, Including The Talent For History - And I Do Think There Are People Who Just Have A Talent For It, The Way You Have A Talent For Public Speaking Or Music Or Whatever - It Shouldn't Be Allowed To Lie Dormant. It Should Be Brought Alive.