HISTORY. IS. THE PAST. History is the reason of our existence. Without history, we would not be. If we didn't study it, we wouldn't know anything. Our inventions, our ideas, our life came from our ancestors. We need to know about it.
So we learned from our ancestors. And who did they learn from? Their ancestors, who in turn learned from theirs. And from history classes. Without history, how would we know who discovered America? Who made mummies? Who made human sacrifices? Who believed what?
We wouldn't. And without knowing these things, our lives would be boring. We wouldn't have what we have today: cars, books, sports...
And discovering history and archaeology is interesting and the evidence is beautiful. Take the Greek vase shown above. Is that not beauty? In whatever form, history is beautiful. Well, except for the yucky parts, anyway.
So we learned from our ancestors. And who did they learn from? Their ancestors, who in turn learned from theirs. And from history classes. Without history, how would we know who discovered America? Who made mummies? Who made human sacrifices? Who believed what?
We wouldn't. And without knowing these things, our lives would be boring. We wouldn't have what we have today: cars, books, sports...
To know the truth of history is to realize its ultimate myth and its inevitable ambiguity.Roy P. Basler
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