Droysen holds that historians must speculate. The alternative is to have no history at all, but only a collection of facts. –– Historical Knowledge, Historical Error: A Contemporary Guide to Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2007) Invoking German historian J. G. Droysen (1808-84), University of Virginia history professor Allan Megill andContinue reading “Fantasy Baseball: The Momentous Drawing of the Sport’s 19th-Century “Color Line” is still Tripping up History Writers / by Howard W. Rosenberg / (originally posted on June 14, 2016 on The Atavist.com. Because the Atavist.com expects to go dark in 2021, it is redirecting visitors of his essay to this WordPress.com link)”