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“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”

Wells Eye Remember Stars President History Feet Ideals Practicals Generosity Generous Feet On The Ground Your Generosity Generous Spirit

Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“We investigate the past not to deduce practical political lessons, but to find out what really happened.”

Past Political History Happened Lessons Practicals

Author:T. F. Tout

“The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.”

Use History Historical Practicals Chiefs Analogies Plausible

Book:The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government

Source: The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government

“In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.”

Men Government Results History Ideals Worthy Practicals Good Sense

Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical politics.”

Literature Loses History Sight Relation Mere Practicals Fades Vulgar

Book:The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

Source: The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures