Definition
History is the recital of facts given as true, in contradistinction to the fable, which is the recital of facts given as false.
There is the history of opinions which is hardly anything but a collection of human errors.
The history of the arts can be the most useful of all when it joins to the knowledge of the invention and the progress of the arts the description of their mechanism.
Natural history, improperly called history, is an essential part of natural philosophy. The history of events has been divided into sacred history and profane history; sacred history is a series of divine and miraculous operations whereby it pleased God once on a time to lead the Jewish nation, and to-day to exercise our faith.