All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, — Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, — Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, — Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, — Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, — Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever tricks it finds necessary for its own peace of mind.

— Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

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