Commager, Henry Steele -- The Nature and Study of History, ch. 5 (1965)

Dave — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:02:03 +0000

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it — as with these — life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
The Nature and Study of History, ch. 5 (1965)
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Lorde, Audre -- “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979)

Dave — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:27:12 +0000

Difference must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic. Only then does the necessity for interdependency become unthreatening. Only within that interdependency of different strengths, acknowledged and equal, can the power to seek new ways of being in the world generate, as well as the courage and sustenance to act where there are no charters.

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979)
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Commager, Henry Steele -- The Nature and Study of History, ch. 5 (1965)

Lorde, Audre -- “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979)