A Lonely, Unbefriended Fact

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History is not based on facts. A fact is something that is produced by historical research, not something the historian finds ready-made. Jacques Barzun, one of the great minds of the past century recognized this when he wrote:

"Nothing flatter than a fact, a lonely, unbefriended fact, rising out of a warehouse mind."

Jacques Barzun, God's Country and Mine: A Declaration of Love Spiced with a Few Harsh Words. (1954; New York: Vintage, 1959), p. 148.

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