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“History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections to be copied, the documents to be checked, is the ideal pursuit for the New England mind.”

Mind Long Book History Ideals Labor England Pursuit Cards Posts Documents Sections Arriving New England Gentlemanly

Book:A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society

Source: A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society

“In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.”

Men Nations United Liberty History Knowing Highest England Debt Not Knowing Provinces British History Netherlands

Book:History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

Source: History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

“Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.”

Thinking Lying Forget History Gone Air England Defense Deceit Never Forget Frontiers Cliffs Chalk Dover

Author:Stanley Baldwin