“Too many so-called historians are really 'hysterians'; their thinking is more visceral than cerebral. When their duties as citizens clash with their responsibilities as scholars, Clio frequently takes a back seat.”

—  Thomas A. Bailey

Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey (1969), p. 10

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