Quote:
Originally Posted by edwest2
No professional historian would write such tripe.
|
Here I would differ, Ed. Historians attempt to interpret and draw conclusions from incomplete data, the proviso being that you must acknowledge that this is what you are doing. I think the words John quotes are how a PhD candidate might close a thesis. As a teacher put it to me, the structure was 'say what you're going to say / say it / say what you've said'.