The historian's first duty is to tell the truth as he sees it, regardless of whom it pleases or displeases.

历史学家的首要职责是如实讲述他所见的真相，无论这会取悦还是触怒何人。

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

不公正相对容易忍受；真正刺痛人的是公正。

The historian must be a poet and an artist in order to give life to the dead bones of the past.

历史学家必须成为诗人和艺术家，才能赋予过去枯骨以生命。

History has neither the venerable age of the earth nor the innocence of the child; it is always the result of human passions and human errors.

历史既没有地球的古老，也没有孩子的纯真；它始终是人类激情与错误的产物。