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Quotation from Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman
“I wish my friends and enemies to understand that I disclaim the character of historian, but assume to be a witness on the stand before the great tribunal of history”
Memoirs, Preface to the second edition (1886) (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I))
Sherman defines the genre of his book, claiming the partial authority of testimony rather than the impartiality of history.
Citation: "I wish my friends and enemies to understand that I disclaim the character of historian, but assume to be a witness on the stand before the great tribunal of history" — William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs, Preface to the second edition (1886) (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I)). (id shermans-memoirs-q1)
Portrait: William Tecumseh Sherman, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
