Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

好的历史是生存的问题。如果没有过去，我们就会失去对自己存在的决定性印象。

-- Ken Burns 肯·伯恩斯