[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

“There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society that harms them; i.e. criminals”-A Great Historian 1888

[Sherman Logan]

Which great historian?

[Sherman Logan]

"There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly."

Lookrf it up. Appears to be Nietzsche, who AFAIK wasn't a historian at all, much less a Great One. Though he was arguably a great philosopher.

http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/beckman/nietzsche/Beyond.htm