Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to… - B. F. Skinner

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Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten. Of course things seem simpler then! Our memories work that way; we retain the facts which are easiest to think about.