Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept.

Quote by Carl Becker

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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is philosophy teaching by example.

History is philosophy teaching by example.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...

History - its what those bitter old men write

History - its what those bitter old men write

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -...

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet...

Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage...

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage...

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.