A good way to look at the usefulness of history (by a distinguished English literature professor)

 Professor and Shakespeare sage Charles Trawick Harrison was quoted in 1969 as saying: "cherish[] the past without idolatry and . . .  fac[e] the future without dizziness . . . ."

—Dr. Charles T. Harrison, English Department, University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee (my undergraduate alma mater), quoted in Harold Peterson, "Down with the Heathen," Sports Illustrated 30(8): 38, 43 (Feb. 24, 1969)....