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... material available , at the highest level , for the history of events of which one has contemporary knowledge ; the greater the amount of material , the more insistent are one's doubts . Historians who have tasted this age of plenty do ...
... material available , at the highest level , for the history of events of which one has contemporary knowledge ; the greater the amount of material , the more insistent are one's doubts . Historians who have tasted this age of plenty do ...
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... material and assess its reliability , when he is without the immense , time- saving advantage of direct contemporary knowledge ? I am not suggesting that the study of history will come to a standstill ; if the intellectual quality of ...
... material and assess its reliability , when he is without the immense , time- saving advantage of direct contemporary knowledge ? I am not suggesting that the study of history will come to a standstill ; if the intellectual quality of ...
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... material for the study of contemporary events - the res gestae of our society - is contained in archives of state which cannot be opened forth- with to general study . If we are to write the history of the present for the future , and ...
... material for the study of contemporary events - the res gestae of our society - is contained in archives of state which cannot be opened forth- with to general study . If we are to write the history of the present for the future , and ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS | 7 |
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL July | 11 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
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