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    What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.

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90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

by Colin Powell Found in: History Quotes,
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History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

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And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

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History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

by George Clemenceau Found in: History Quotes,
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What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]

What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]

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History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

by John Seeley Found in: History Quotes,
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.

by Herbert Hoover Found in: History Quotes,
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