Somewhere the ghost of Harold Innis is shaking his head in despair.

Quotations from primary sources "never speak for themselves."

"A good point poorly worded is no longer a good point."

Google told me that it was Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." That seems like a much more satisfactory answer. (And now back to grading. Sigh.)

And when did Gladstone become a Tory prime minister?

I’m using another Blaufarb edited collection in my “Age of Revolutions” course!

This is definitely an “always look on the bright side of life” kind of message…

A man who would pun would pick a pocket.