This document discusses E.H. Carr's views on historiography and the nature of historical facts. It makes three key points: 1) Carr believed that historians are necessarily selective in what facts they regard as important to history and how those facts are presented, so history involves interpretation not just facts. 2) What counts as a "historical fact" depends on the beliefs and perspectives of the historian regarding what is most relevant and important to history. 3) Historical accounts are shaped by the preconceptions and selection of evidence by those who provided the original documents, so they do not objectively speak for themselves but require the historian's analysis and judgment.