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Historians - College Essay

Historians

Student #: 9532080
Teacher: Mr. A. Dalfen
Date: March 10, 1997

"Professional historians spend their lives pursuing the meaning of the
past for the present." Everything that exists in today's world has some origin
coming from the past. Everything that exists today and seems to be unique of
its time has some basis from the past. It is a known fact that history has a
tendency of repeating itself, and so to prepare us for the future we need to
understand the past. History can give a person an answer to almost everything
that is going on in the present, with what we call a historical investigation.
History not only states facts but explains disciplines such as sociology,
religion, ...

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we come across a few major points. Each of them is
introduced in a very original way. The author uses a literal journey into the
past as a means of comparing it to the present. One of the many points is an in
depth definition of history related profession. What are they trying to
accomplish and how they work to get what they are looking for. "Professional
historians spend their lives pursuing the meaning of the past for the present."
Historians study facts and records that previous generations have left, to find
out what kind of lives they led and how they solved their problems.

The way a historian works is very determined and simple to understand.
A historian needs to first choose an important question he wants to answer. Then
he needs to find research on the subject that already exists and which he can
get access to. Next he has to judge the source that he has obtained, is it
credible? Is it genuine? The article explains that there are two basic forms of
historical ...

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