>>17832898
>Carlyle's theory about history being the biographies of men is iron solid.
Let's consider that for a moment.
>Lincoln was a boxer
>But he didn't punch enough negros, which is why the South decided to secede

>Napoleon grew up on Corsica
>this triggered the French Revolution

>Churchill got married
>so WW2 became inevitable

Clearly, they weren't just there by grace of their birth, their biographies were actually intimately intertwined with contemporary historic events and we can't understand one without the other.