[H]istorians … have to start writing before they have finished their research. … All the evidence will never be in because all the evidence can never be in. … Professional historians … have to make some generalizations that are, simply put, hasty. We pride ourselves on the thoroughness of our research. But the fact is that we jump to conclusions all the time.
Peter Hoffer, The Historian’s Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time, 133-4. (via javiercha)
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