The Acton quote is given more extensively at http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/03/23/lord-actons-lost-work/ http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/03/23/lord-acton

The Acton quote is given more extensively at http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/03/23/lord-actons-lost-work/ http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/03/23/lord-actons-lost-wo... (the original book, _On the Writing of History_, Oman 1939, is hard to get).