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James Harvey Robinson was an American historian known for his contributions to the methodology of historical teaching. His work, 'Outlines of the History of the Philosophy of History,' had a profound impact on historical education.

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Goal Excellence Being The Best

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.”

Facts Fool Everyday Censorship Suppression No Confidence

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.”

May Realizing Failing Curiosity Idle Indispensable Idleness

Book:The Mind in the Making

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“We continue to think of new things in old ways.”

Thinking Way New Things Old Ways

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.”

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“We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but if someone tries to take them from us, we defend them with almost an illicit passion.”

Ifs Trying Passion Belief Formation

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“In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.”

Men Firsts Done Earth History

Book:The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook

Source: The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook

“History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.”

May Used Natural Memories Situation History Overcoming Artificial Extensions Our Memories Unfamiliar Bewilderment

Book:The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook

Source: The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook

“Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.”

Motivational Lying Possibility Infinite Addiction Perceive Infinite Possibilities Life Wisdom

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“Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions.”

Pain Spiritual Study Conviction

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“Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.”

Believe Wisdom Findings Intellectual Argument Reasoning Rationality Reason And Logic

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“Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.”

Men Made Real Political Politics Attention Issues Emotional Involved Campaigns Endeavor Muster Political Campaign

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.”

Two Political Sides Atheism Duty Assuming Curse Two Sides Partisanship

Book:The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform

Source: The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform

“We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obviously not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self-esteem, which is threatened.”

Ideas Self Passion Belief Atheism Self Esteem Filled Dear Positive Atheism Esteem Threatened Companionship Propose Formation

Book:The Mind in Making

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“Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.”

Feels Self Groups Atheism Errors Positive Atheism Accused

Book:The Mind in the Making

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“We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.”

Believe Has Beens Results Accepting Doubt Findings Argument Casts Excuse Assumption Reasoning Resentment Accustomed Clinging

Book:The Mind in the Making

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“Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.”

Men Life Power One Thing Speech Unique Double Life

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.”

People Thinking Believe Hard Atheism Stupid Silly Hard To Believe

Book:The Mind in the Making

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“Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides their success in reaching their proposed ends.”

Way Doe Ends Success Method Mere Determine Reaching Discredit

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“Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.”

Men Long Found Solace

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“There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.”

Self Interesting

Book:The Mind in the Making

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About the Author

Born: June 29, 1863
Died: February 16, 1936
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 21

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