曆史學家的沉思 （翻譯）

The Lessons of History 

by Will Durant  (Author), Ariel Durant (Author)

"as his studies come to a close the historian faces the challenge: Of what use have your studies been? Have you found in your work only the amusement of recounting the rise and fall of nations and ideas, and retelling "sad stories of the death of kongs"? Have ou learned more about human nature than the man in the street can learn without so much as opening a book? Have 

 

在這個曆史學家快要結束他的研究的時候，他腦子裏浮出了一個問題：這個曆史研究有什麽用呢？我有覺得描述一個國家或一個想法的起伏或者一個國王的死亡的令人傷心的故事很有趣嗎？