Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.