To history has been assigned the office of judging the past,...

To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).

Leopold Von Ranke Quote About Past, Judging, Office: To History Has Been Assigned...

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