But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
The way you 'take history' is also a way of 'making history.'
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
History is, of course, a made thing. It does not exist by itself in anything like a recognizable form.
History is history. What is done is done.
While we read history we make history.
What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.