A Saturday Quote

Carl Becker (1873-1945) was one of the great American historians of the first half of the twentieth century, so I believe he had a good handle on this topic:

“The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but
moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the
sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to
control, not society, but ourselves - a much more
important thing; it prepares us to live more”