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John Robert Seeley was an English essayist known for his profound insights into history and philosophy. His works covered a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, and social issues.

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Famous John Robert Seeley Quotes

“We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.”

World Mind Seems Half Fit Absence

Book:The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

Source: The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

“He who studies it [Nature] has continually the exquisite pleasure of discerning or half discerning and divining laws; regularities glimmer through an appearance of confusion; analogies between phenomena of a different order suggest themselves and set the imagination in motion; the mind is haunted with the sense of a vast unity not yet discoverable or nameable.”

About the Author

Born: September 10, 1834
Died: January 13, 1895
Known for: Essayist
Quotes: 10

Books & Sources

Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus ChristRelated source material

The Expansion of England: Two Courses of LecturesRelated source material

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