Empirical, common sense of history, concerned with facts. As soon as biases come through, it is not history, but it is opinion, reaction, perception is passive
Carr's View-active, not important if it is recorded, is only history when a fact is 'removed from the page' and interpreted
Carr's view basically expressed how facts are useless unless they are evaluated. Also he expresses how perecerption plays a major role in our ability to judge history and say what history is
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