Ah! So i've been unwittingly quoting someone. That makes sense -- i'm not that witty on my own. ;)

I do entirely agree that history's sorting process is ... faulty at best. I mean, just speaking as someone with a vested interest in seeing more writing by women, for example. What the past decides is important enough to keep to send forward for the rest of us isn't necessarily what the rest of us want to read from or know about the past.