simplicity
describes a lifestyle that is hard to learn and difficult to follow. Ironically making life simplistic is a complex process.
Freedom is never a free gift, but the victorious outcome of a long battle.
Error
Error
never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself. ~IRENAEUS OF LYONS
González, Justo L. . The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (p. 69). HarperOne. Kindle Edition.
Competency
Competency
will slowly grow after having worked with many different primary and secondary sources. The skill of discernment and in-depth reflection will set finally in, like the skill to learn a new language.
Depth of character and therefore authority in life comes with consciously being rooted in history as part of our identity. We are made of the material of history. The historian’s vocation is therefore to dig deep and open our eyes for who we are as integral part of the complex mesh of the historical process.
Middle-East Rail Net Before WWI
Middle-East Rail Net Before WWI
Nothing speaks more clearly about economical and military aspirations of the main powers than the ambitious railway network that spread all over the Middle East, connecting Germany with the Ottoman Empire, and Constantinople with the Levante, Syria and Mesopotamia. Zsarist Russia had similar plans towards Persia.
Hejaz Railway Station: Homs, Syria 1900-1920 high resolution
Orient Express Budapest-Constantinople high resolution
Berlin Baghdad Railway
Berlin Baghdad Railway
