Show me a historian who is objective about the history they write and I'll show you someone not being honest with themselves.
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We all have emotions and feelings about history, historical people, and historical events. It's why we focus on different topics.
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And we all write history though a modern lens. Because we are modern people.
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To be objective about historical events would mean that we are ignoring the impact of these events on people today.
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