In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

Every generation is equidistant from God.

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

All ages are equidistant from eternity, and just as immediately accessible to God's presence.

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.

He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.