History Book

Famous quotes containing the words history and/or book:

“What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,—for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“This book should be read as one would read the book of a dead man.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)