To articulate the past historically does not not mean to recognize it" the way it really was (Ranke). It means to serve hold of a memory as it flashes up at a moment of danger. Historical materialism wishes to retain that image of the past which unexpectedly appears to man singled out by history at a moment of danger. The danger affects both the content of the transition and it's receivers. (pg 255)
It appears that this quote have two meaning, one way is individuals can write down history or record it but omitting the real facts such as the emotions behind the action, and the passion in the heat of the moment. People tends to just remember just a fraction and not the essential part of history, what make history memorable. Then the next part is, at times its impossible to even grasp the past in it's completeness, historians attempt to create objective histories are doomed to failure.
Overall, I agree that its totally true that its impossible to grasp history in its completeness, because as time goes by history gets worn out based on the stragetgy that was used to pass it down. I believe as history pass down to one generation people tends to alter the memory and as it pass down its the same thing just pure alterations unto nothing is left, there is not much substance left in history it self.
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