In a first, this blog will post a correction. A reader questioned the attribution of the quote "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people" to Eleanor Roosevelt, stating that an earlier attribution credits the quote to 19th-century English historian Henry Thomas Buckle.
I am happy to give credit where credit is due. Usually questionable quotes are credited to Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, or Will Rogers. One attributed to Mrs. Roosevelt, I felt safe in going with.
Happily, the incident has introduced me to Mr. Buckle, whose work during his brief life focused on the History of Civilization in England, a subject near to the heart of this blog.
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