Samuel E. Morison
Historian
1887-07-09
Books by Samuel E. Morison
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Quotes by Samuel E. Morison
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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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.
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