"In fiction, the principles are given, to find
the facts: in history, the facts are given,
to find the principles; and the writer
who does not explain the phenomena
as well as state them performs
only one half of his office."
Thomas Babington Macaulay,
"History," Edinburgh Review, 1828
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Lockerbie Bomber Released: Remembering a Hampshire College Student Among the Victims
The release of the Lockerbie bomber has occasioned a good deal of controversy. Many of the discussions have featured interviews with friends and relatives of the victims, and so we are reminded that a Hampshire student, Denice O'Neill, was among the passengers who perished in that tragedy. The community mourns her absence and tries to foster the spirit that she brought to her studies and life.
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