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March 15, 2008
David McCullough Knows History
Filed under: Inspiration
I've been a fan of David McCullough ever since I read his book John Adams. Speaking of John Adams, I just learned that HBO is doing a 7-part miniseries on McCullough's book, executive produced by Tom Hanks. It looks incredible.
Back to David McCullough. He's brilliant and articulate. I read an article of his in the Winter 2008 issue of American Heritage magazine (no link available). After a little poking around, I found a link to the original speech it was derived from. He talks about knowing who were are and knowing where we came from. It's an excellent read for the argument of why history matters and more importantly why it should matter to us.
"History isn’t just something that ought to be taught or ought to be read or ought to be encouraged because it’s going to make us a better citizen. It will make us a better citizen; or because it will make us a more thoughtful and understanding human being, which it will; or because it will cause us to behave better, which it will. It should be taught for pleasure: The pleasure of history, like art or music or literature, consists of an expansion of the experience of being alive, which is what education is largely about."
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