 Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue.  The Tuftonian - Page 1371900Full view - About this book
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...States of America on acid-free paper To the memory of those pioneers who traveled the Oregon Trail Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far...however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrat1ve, taken as a whole,... | |
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