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Letter "H" » History of the
«It would indeed be the ultimate tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump.»
«If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth»
Author: Gerald Vann
| About:
Church,
History,
Truth
| Keywords:
distorting, History of the, scandals, succession
«Every man is a history of the world to himself»
«Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.»
«Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
challenge, doomed, dooms, frightening, History of, History of the, History of the world, mater, Miracles, occupation, The History, The History of, triumph
«A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Affection,
Love,
Men and Women
| Keywords:
affections, History of, History of the
«A woman's life is a history of the affections»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Men and Women,
Women
| Keywords:
affections, History of, History of the
«FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider that pious and learned theologians have spent long lives in explaining it, and written libraries to explain their explanations; when I remember the nations have been divided and bloody battles caused by the difference between foreordination and predestination, and that millions of treasure have been expended in the effort to prove and disprove its compatibility with freedom of the will and the efficacy of prayer, praise, and a religious life, --recalling these awful facts in the history of the word, I stand appalled before the mighty problem of its signification, abase my spiritual eyes, fearing to contemplate its portentous magnitude, reverently uncover and humbly refer it to His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and His Grace Bishop Potter.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Freedom,
Generations
| Keywords:
defending, generations, granted, History of, History of the, History of the world, maximum, role, shrink, shrink from, welcome
«I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
captivate, captivated, captivates, captivating, History of the, The History of
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