Russians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

Russians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm.

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard