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It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrativ...more

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So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight.

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I have had so many Dwellings, Nat, that I know these Streets as well as a strowling Beggar: I was born in this Nest of Death and Contagion and now, as...more

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His terror became his companion. When it seemed to diminish, or grow easier to bear, he forced himself to remember the details of what he had said and...more

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Those in their snug Bed-chambers may call the Fears of Night meer Bugbears, but their Minds have not pierced into the Horror of the World which others...more