To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.

To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?