Majicman Notes

The way we understand the past inevitably shapes how we understand the present

History’s role is humanistic. Its purpose is to help us see those patterns and take them to heart because they are human. History is powerful because we can identify with the hopes, follies and sorrows of those who have come before us. In recognizing the limits of their power in the face of nature, we can also acknowledge our own. It is a lesson we would do well to heed. 

Kyle Harper, a professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma