Secesh (@Secesh)

"Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar." -- Jefferson Davis, from Scotland & the Scottish People: An Address Delivered in the City of Memphis, Tennessee, on St. Andrew's-Day, 1875 (published 1876). Here is more context for the quote: "Remember the deeds of your forefathers, to emulate their knightly graces, and to shun their faults and vices. To know the past is to judge the future, for in no way can man more surely predict to-morrow than by the study of to-day. Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar." -- Jefferson Davis, from Scotland & the Scottish People: An Address Delivered in the City of Memphis, Tennessee, on St. Andrew's-Day, 1875 (published 1876). #sec004 #jeffersondavis #history #tradition #past #present #future