 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
... Until one knows much intimate detail about a prominent man, it is impossible to judge whether he was really as great as he appears or not. Some great men become greater the more they are studied; I should mention Spinoza and Lincoln as instances. Napoleon, on the other hand, becomes, at close quarters, a ridiculous figure.
Source: How to Read and Understanding History; the past as the key to the future.(Girard, kansas, Haldeman-Julius, 1943, 24 p. 22 cm.)
Repr. in: Understanding History, and Other Essays, 1957.
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