antiquarian history, n.All

Antiquarian history (n.) knows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only how to preserve life, not how to engender it; it paralyses the man of action, who as one who acts will and must offend some piety or other.