[T]his historian who seeks to mine the various quarries of the past in the belief that good history is a good foundation for a better present and future.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[T]his historian who seeks to mine the various quarries of the past in the belief that good history is a good foundation for a better present and future." in the context of "John Hope Franklin, Preface to Race and History: Selected Essays 1938-1988, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1989. As quoted by encyclopedia.com (2005): Franklin, John Hope 1915– by Thomson Gale." to mean that wisdom is timeless.