"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, January 2, 2014
Happy New Year!
Prague Castle & St. Vitus Cathedral viewed from the southwest: New Year's card, c. 1930
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