Grant took the fat respectable-looking volume from his locker. 'Historians should be compelled to take a course in psychology before they are allowed to write.' 'Huh. That wouldn't do anything for them. A man who is interested in what makes people tick doesn't write history. He writes novels, or becomes an alienist, or a magistrate—' 'Or a confidence man.' 'Or a confidence man. Or a fortune-teller. A man who understands about people hasn't any yen to write history. History is toy soldiers.'
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