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Quote by Arthur Bestor
[History] is fallible as every man is fallible. But it is likewise
[History] is fallible as every man is fallible. But it is likewise trustworthy, as a man is trustworthy who has looked into himself and come to know how blended are dust and fire in the innermost recesses of the human heart. – Arthur Bestor

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