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One year ago on Round and Square (22 February 2012)—Seinfeld Ethnography: Dog Medicine[a] French Musings PD |
I don't know who you are,
but I will find you...[1]
but I will find you...[1]
...and tell you that one of my "favorite" historians is Fustel de Coulanges.
[b] Bridges to the past RF |
He was a nineteenth century icon, and was known for his stirring lectures. The best anecdote in the history of...history...teaching...is this.
After a particularly stirring lecture, Professeur de Coulanges paused (soaking in the cheers of a wildly enthusiastic audience) and said the following:
Do not applaud for me. It is history that speaks through me.
Preposterous (and wonderful, its own peculiar and historiographically flawed way).
[1] I like Liam's opening, and he gave me a year's supply of biscuits to use it for the rest of the month.
[c] L'Histoire RF |
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