I remember a night near Bahia when I was enveloped in a firework display or phosphorescent fireflies; their pale lights glowed, went out, shone again, all without piercing the night with any true illumination. So it is with events; beyond their glow, darkness prevails. –Fernand Braudel Fernand Braudel (1902–1985) was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School (c.  Continue Reading …