History

RIC_1726-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     History is that certainty produced at the point where the

     imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of

     documentation.  ...  It's more the memories of the

     survivors, most of whom are neither victorious nor

     defeated. 

       Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

History

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history.

Walter Benjamin