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Re: Friday hmmmm...



<<Historical revisionism is nothing more than rewrites that reflect
contemporary ideas about events. They are subjective and biased, and must
be
read, as all historical writing should, with a critical eye.>>

They may also reflect new evidence.  Documents may be discovered or
declassified, and archaeology may reveal physical evidence that contradicts
surviving accounts.  History, like science, is at best an asymptotic
approach to the truth.

BEW

--
Barbara Weitbrecht
NASM Archives Division
Smithsonian Institution
bew@nasm.si.edu

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