"That history became "scientific" in the third quarter of the nineteenth century was probably due as much to the influence of Ranke as to the influence of natural science."
— Leopold von Ranke

January 1, 1970

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Carl Becker, ‘Some Aspects of the Influence of Social Problems and Ideas Upon the Study and Writing of History’, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 18, No. 5 (March 1913), p. 657