Man And History

Man is by Nature, so made up as to form his own opinions, develop his convictions, draw his interferences and pass his verdicts. Off and on he thinks to survey what really History teaches. After such thought he comes to the conclusion that History teaches nothing.

History acquires its significance from the approaches that are brought to it. It can serve as a guide in the way as the lamp post on the road! But man seems to be blind to History. He never learns from it. He does not even learn by his mistakes. That is why History is said to be repeating itself.

Great reformers like JESUS and SOCRATES were put to death. Even then people could and did assassinate great men like Abraham Lincoln, Gandhiji, and Martin Luther King. Great inventors like Galileo were blindly subjected to harassment. In this way men behave in life and starve the world for good things that would have nourished it.

History tells the evil effect brought about by hypocrisy, corruption and jealousy. Still man sticks to them with great passion and persistence.

History is full of illustrations of greed and its ill-bearings resulting in battles. But to man, History means nothing.

It also illustrates what war really means. We suffer from consequences but even then man prepares for war and raises the slogan: "If you want peace, be prepared for war !"

Man has eyes that see not, a heart that feels not, and consequently he repeats his mistakes.