“When the world was half a thousand years younger all events had much sharper outlines than now. The distance between sadness and joy, between good and bad fortune, seemed to be much greater than for us; every experience had that degree of directness and absoluteness which joy and sadness still have in the mind of a child” WorldYearsMindChildrenStillsJoyHalfHistoryGreaterSadnessEventsThousandDegreesDistanceFortuneThousand YearsGood And BadOutlinesBad FortuneJoy And Sadness Author:Johan Huizinga
“Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical.” MenMindHistoryGreaterEventsMagnitude Book:The Works... Source: The Works...
“No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.” SchoolEducationHistoryGreaterHonorAmerican DreamPublic SchoolAggravationAffectionate Book:Addresses Upon the American Road Source: Addresses Upon the American Road