What has always interested me most about history is trying to understand how people see their own world.
Drew Gilpin Faust
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview with Jim Leach, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2011 Jefferson Lecture profile; Complete 18-word sentence in interview answer about historical sources and context. Interview section read, distinct from biography, appreciation and lecture on same page. Full page cached.
- Interview with Jim Leach, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2011 Jefferson Lecture profile
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