“Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.”

Life of Frederick the Great, Bk. XVI, ch. 1.
1860s

Human Life (1819)

Fab. II: Of the Dog and Shadow
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Source: Night

"The Kingdom of Man" https://archive.org/details/kingdomofman289cham (1938)

Chap. 3 : What Can History Tell Us about Contemporary Society?
On History (1997)

Source: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884), PART II: OTHER WORLDS, Chapter 18. How I came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There
Context: I could see many of the younger Counsellors start back in manifest horror, as the Sphere's circular section widened before them. But on a sign from the presiding Circle — who shewed not the slightest alarm or surprise — six Isosceles of a low type from six different quarters rushed upon the Sphere. "We have him," they cried; "No; yes; we have him still! he's going! he's gone!" "My Lords," said the President to the Junior Circles of the Council, "there is not the slightest need for surprise; the secret archives, to which I alone have access, tell me that a similar occurrence happened on the last two millennial commencements. You will, of course, say nothing of these trifles outside the Cabinet."