>i>Historians deal with known facts, and form opinions...

...Who knows better?

That is the whole point. They do not know. They have opinions. OK - Those opinions may be formed from facts but the opinions themselves are NOT facts. They can never be stated as such.

Some things can be stated as facts. XXXX men died in a battle on such and such a date. Some things cannot be stated as fact. The battle was due to poor leadership / enemy aggression / imperialist action. These are opinions. There is a HUGE difference.

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