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Updated: July 22, 2025

With such easily observed facts as these to deal with, history can afford to be much less exacting with regard to the conditions of observation. The imperfection of the means of information is compensated by a natural faculty of being satisfied with information which can easily be obtained. Documents supply little else besides ill-verified facts, subject to many risks of falsehood or error.

Charles Victor Langlois - Introduction to the Study of History