I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer. Samuel E. Morison offerrevolutionary Change image and share on social
Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything. Samuel E. Morison colleaguecourseexemplify share on social
Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances. Samuel E. Morison applycircumstancecommon Change image and share on social
Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts. Samuel E. Morison agreedefinedissension Change image and share on social
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not. Samuel E. Morison actassistantcase share on social
Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances. Samuel E. Morison balancechanceenthusiasm Change image and share on social
