Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
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Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.

— Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
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