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| Vol. 17, No. 15 | Dec. 18, 1997 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 15 | Dec. 18, 1997 |
"Historians go about their work by constantly revisiting the past and reassessing its meaning. New data and, more commonly, new perspectives, lead to new insight.
"In this sense, all serious historical work is an exercise in continuous revision in quest of greater understanding. Very different is the enterprise in which your recent guest columnist, Bradley Smith, appears to be engaged.
"The use of phrases like 'gas chamber tales' for one of the most incontrovertibly documented episodes in recent history indicates that the frontier that separates the historian from the polemicist or propagandist has been crossed.
"The integrity of historical memory is important to us all. Nowhere should this be made clearer than at a university."
