“Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection...no matter how grand and prosperous and momentous the time in which you are living may be, its grandeur is inevitably stained by the incessant drabness of the present.” HollandAmsterdamNetherlandsDutch History Book:Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City Source: Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City
“I am not one of those churlish authors, who do so enwrap their works in the mystic fogs of scientific jargon, that a man must be as wise as themselves to understand their writings; on the contrary, my pages, though abounding with sound wisdom and profound erudition, shall be written with such pleasant and urbane perspicuity, that there shall not even be found a country justice, an outward alderman, or a member of congress, provided he can read with tolerable fluency, but shall both understand and profit by my labours.” New YorkSatireNineteenth Century LiteratureDutch HistoryEarly American Literature Book:A History of New York Source: A History of New York