It is a pleasant thing to recall our victories. Far less pleasant is to be reminded of our defeats. And yet there is something sublime in the recounting of a disaster; provided, of course, one does not have to be on the spot at the time of its unfolding. Catastrophes provide more fertile material for instruction than do successes; and the conscientious historian should make a strenuous effort to discover why they unfolded as they did.
Quintus Curtius 
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