Ever Since My Youth It Has Disturbed

After Closely Examining My Conscience, I Venture To State That In My Historical Novels I Intended The Content To Be Just As Modern And Up-to-date As In The Contemporary Ones.

An Action Doesn't Have To Be Wrong Just Because It Is Not Logical. It Doesn't Have To Be Right Just Because It Has Its Logic.

From Depicting The Past, So Goes The Suspicion, It Is A Short Step To Glorifying The Past.

There's Only A Step From The Sublime To The Ridiculous, But There's No Road Leading From The Ridiculous To The Sublime.

I Should Add That It Is Open To Debate Whether What We Call The Writing Of History These Days Is Truly Scientific.