"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
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Going Postal in Gaza
Artifact of the Moment:
Not necessarily what you think. An arcane and quotidian piece of history. Over on the Tumblr:
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