“The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.Quote by Samuel E MorisonTopics: Quotes about Samuel E MorisonShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it...#Samuel E Morison
Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of...#Historians
So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling...#Samuel E Morison
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of...#Samuel E Morison
Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall...#Samuel E Morison
Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.#Samuel E Morison
Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were...#Samuel E Morison
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants,...#Samuel E Morison
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate...#Samuel E Morison
