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American Society Is A Sort Of Flat, Fresh-water Pond Which Absorbs Silently, Without Reaction, Anything Which Is Thrown Into It.

If Any One Of Us Has Had An Ambition Higher Than That Of Making Money; A Motive Better Than That Of Expediency; A Faith Warmer Than That Of Reasoning; A Love Purer Than That Of The Self; He Has Been Slow To Express It; Still Slower To Urge It.

As History Stands, It Is A Sort Of Chinese Play, Without End And Without Lesson.

History Is The Most Aristocratic Of All Literary Pursuits, Because It Obliges The Historian To Be Rich As Well As Educated.

My Own Conclusion Is That History Is Simply Social Development Along The Lines Of Weakest Resistance, And That In Most Cases The Line Of Weakest Resistance Is Found As Unconsciously By Society As By Water.