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Quote by Herbert Butterfield

“It has been said that the historian is the avenger, and that standing as a judge between the parties and rivalries and causes of bygone generations he can lift up the fallen and beat down the proud, and by his exposures and his verdicts, his satire and his moral indignation, can punish unrighteousness, avenge the injured or reward the innocent.”

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Herbert Butterfield

Herbert Butterfield was a prominent historian known for his research on the period of the Scientific Revolution and the Reformation. His work, 'The Origins of Modern Science', had a profound impact on the field of history. more

“Philosophers, comedians, and tipsy birthday celebrants all have proposed theories about why time seems to move increasingly swiftly as we grow older. But the most disconcerting rationale is not a theory. It is the undeniable realization that every day we live constitutes a smaller percentage of the accrued experience with which we awaken each morning, and therefore seems proportionately a smidgen quicker and smaller than the day before.”

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Book:Apollo's Fire: A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day

Source: Apollo's Fire: A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day

“There are actually people who go out and re-fight these battles. You know what I say? Use real ammunition! You just might raise the intelligence level of the American gene pool!”

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Author:George Carlin

“We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.”

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Book:Sherman's Civil War: selected correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865

Source: Sherman's Civil War: selected correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865

“We need to take nostalgia seriously as an energizing impulse, maybe even a form of knowledge. The effort to revalue what has been lost can motivate serious historical inquiry; it can also cast a powerful light on the present.”