Monday, December 24, 2007

Historical Inevitability 2


Writing the last post reminded me of Merrill Peterson's great turn of phrase describing the unforeseen and unforseeable events that change history: "[T]here occurred . . . one of those random events which in its consequences makes a mockery of every attempt to impose some grand law on the history of nations."

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