Preaching in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, he made remarks that would stand up better in historical hindsight.
The historical hindsight we bring to this play, of course, only magnifies the moment's chill of recognition.
In this, Mr. Thornton's novel has the advantage of historical hindsight.
The editors reviewed 2,500 articles and selected excerpts from 156 that carry some special gleam in the light of historical hindsight.
It's easy to judge people with the benefit of historical hindsight, but at the time, who's to say what you'd do?
The seventh graders are being encouraged to weigh these clues with historical hindsight about the park's value to the community at large.
An audience today can't help but experience that farewell through more recent historical hindsight.
But those forests are important, since they introduce another part of Hollywood's current formula for historical hindsight.
Again, I'm using the advantage of historical hindsight.
With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.