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“The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...”

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James Anthony Froude was a British novelist born on April 23, 1818, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died on October 20, 1894. He is renowned for his historical novels and biographical literature, particularly for his descriptions of British historical figures and events. more

“I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common fashion), it is they that spoil all; they will needs chew our meat for us and take upon them a law to judge, and by consequence to square and incline the story according to their fantasy.”

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Book:The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne

Source: The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne

“Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.”

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Book:Miscellaneous works

Source: Miscellaneous works

“Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.”

Faces Prophet Historian

Author:Friedrich Schiller

“Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.”

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Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

“For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.”

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Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.”

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Author:Adrian Cronauer

“To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.”

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Author:Pauline Hanson

“The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.”

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Author:Jeff Miller

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