“History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. History tells a people where they’ve been, what they’ve been, where they are, and what they are. Most important, history tells a people where they still must go, and what they still must be. The relationship of history to the people is the same relationship of a mother to her child.”
John Henrik Clarke