The past is not a text to be read but a problem to be solved... - Lucien Febvre

"The past is not a text to be read but a problem to be solved through careful investigation."

Lucien Febvre Education

Historian French 1878–1956

More from Lucien Febvre

"History is not the past. It is the present and the future too."

"To be a historian is to be a man committed to truth."

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

"Understanding the past requires imagination as much as scholarship."

"Education opens doors."

"Education opens doors to endless possibilities."

"I ain't got the education you got, bub."

"You can't put a price on history."