The nature of our intelligence is such that it is stimulated far less by the will to know than by the will to understand.
Marc BlochThe good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.
Marc BlochBut history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.
Marc BlochThe historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.
Marc Bloch