His accuracy in the use of his sources has not been questioned. Gibbon was to write an autobiography.
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
I beg leave to subscribe my assent to Mr. Burke's creed on the revolution of France. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost excuse his reverence for church establishments. P.O. Box 1200, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.