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1、ThePastandPresentSocietyThePastandthePresent.HistoryandSociologyAuthor(s):H.R.Trevor-RoperSource:Past&Present,No.42(Feb.,1969),pp.3-17Publishedby:OxfordUniversityPressonbehalfofThePastandPresentSocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/650179.Accessed:08/04/201322
2、:40YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,availableat.http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.JSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrust
3、eddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechnologyandtoolstoincreaseproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org..OxfordUniversityPressandThePastandPresentSocietyarecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandext
4、endaccesstoPast&Present.http://www.jstor.orgThiscontentdownloadedfrom203.188.76.60onMon,8Apr201322:40:10PMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENT*HISTORYANDSOCIOLOGYWHENTHEDIRECTOROFTHELONDONSCHOOLOFECONOMICSINVITEDmetospeakhere,heleftmefreetochoos
5、emysubject;butonsuchanoccasionIthinkthatamanshouldspeakofthesubjectwhichhehasstudiedandonwhichhemaybepresumed,sometimes,tohavethought.Ahistorian,likeothermen,livesinthepresent;buthisstudyisofthepast;andcomingasIdofromOxford,wheresomevestigesofpasthabitsstillremain,to
6、thisinstitution,whichplacesemphasisratherontheimmediatepresent,Ishallventuretoconsidertherelation,ifany,betweenthetwo."Ifany..."Someindeed,Iknow,wouldsaythatthereisnone.Thegreatthingaboutthepast,theytellus,isthatitispast.Canwenotthenforgetitanddevoteourlimitedspanoft
7、imetothestudyofthepresent,inwhichwemustlive,orevenofthefuturewhich,byouractions,howeverunconsciously,wedetermine?Historians,defendingtheirownprofession,maytellusthatthehistoricalprocessiscontinuous:thathumanityisthesameinallages,andthatthereforethelessonsofthepastmay
8、guideuseveninthepresent.Butevenifthiswastrueyesterday,isitnecessarilytruetoday?Isitnotpossiblethat,today,weliveinanewage,ascientifi
