A historian who has not mastered the art of narrative is lik... - Marc Bloch

"A historian who has not mastered the art of narrative is like a painter who cannot draw."

Marc Bloch History

Historian French 1886–1944

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"History is not the past. It is the study of the past."

"The historian's task is to understand men, not to judge them."

"A document is not an inert mass of inert data to be manipulated at will by the historian."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."