“Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.Quote by Samuel E MorisonTopics: Quotes about Samuel E MorisonShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of...#Historians
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy...#Samuel E Morison
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make...#Samuel E Morison
Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the...#Samuel E Morison
Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.#Samuel E Morison
So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling...#Samuel E Morison
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate...#Samuel E Morison
