p. 25
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Every age likes its historians to place events in a framework that corresponds with contemporary prejudices and answers to contemporary political desires.
— Herbert Butterfield
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Source: Wikiquote: "Herbert Butterfield" (Quotes, Man on His Past: The Study of the History of Historical Scholarship (1955))
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About Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield (October 7, 1900 – July 20, 1979) was a British historian and philosopher of history who is remembered chiefly for a slim volume entitled, The Whig Interpretation of History (1931).
About Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield (October 7, 1900 – July 20, 1979) was a British historian and philosopher of history who is remembered chiefly for a slim volume entitled, The Whig Interpretation of History (1931).
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