The Task of the History Maker Is the Study of the Past

History is not an intellectual reproduction, but a condensed representation of the past in conceptual terms. The historian does not simply let the events speak for themselves. He arranges them from the aspect of the ideas underlying the formation of the general notions he uses in their presentation. Those writers who consider historical events as an arsenal of weapons for the conduct of their party feuds are not historians, but propagandists and apologists. They usurp the name of history for their writings as a blind to deceive the credulous.