Home / Authors / Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman Quotes

Historian

Francis Parkman was an American historian renowned for his in-depth research on the colonial period in North America and the French colonies. His works, such as 'The French and Indian War' and 'The Conquest of Peru by Pizarro,' have had a profound impact on subsequent historical research.

Filter quotes by topic

All England France Men America Gold Long Made New England Rich Sea Spain World Achievement Ambition Art Avarice Bigotry Character Colony Continents

Famous Francis Parkman Quotes

“The monk, the inquisitor, and the Jesuit were lords of Spain,- sovereigns of her sovereign, for they had formed the dark and narrow mind of that tyrannical recluse. They had formed the minds of her people, quenched in blood every spark of rising heresy, and given over a noble nation to a bigotry blind and inexorable as the doom of fate. Linked with pride, ambition, avarice, every passion of a rich, strong nature, potent for good and ill, it made the Spaniard of that day a scourge as dire as ever fell on man.”

Source: The Works of Francis Parkman

“Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.”

Men Long Art War Energy Fields Industry Crowds Employment Peaceful Enterprise Commerce Incapable Restless Crushed Adventurous Repose Stirring

Book:Pioneers of France in the New World

Source: Pioneers of France in the New World

“Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.”

Men Made Two Lost Morning Four Missing Appearance Missing You Buffalo Morning After

Book:The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American

Source: The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American

“We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.”

Men Animal Cases Four Horse Eight Accidents Driven Reserves Spares Mules

Book:The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American

Source: The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American

“Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.”

Men Want Art Whole Pieces Elements Resources Originals Fabric Rude Conventionality

Book:The Oregon Trail ; The Conspiracy of Pontiac

Source: The Oregon Trail ; The Conspiracy of Pontiac