The "noble" Experiment
December, 1963
The "Noble" ExperimentI often wonder if the things I remember are true. I don't mean about the deviltries of youth. No man can remember himself accurately. The best he can do is locate the windings of a dried river bed, and invent the water that once flowed in it; invent the swift current, the rapids, the alluring swimming holes.I mean the memory of events such as wars, political and moral upheavals and all the fanfares that become involved as history. Since most historians devote themselves to...