Famous quotes containing the words history of the, history of, history, lands and/or crown:
“Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
“The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man’s judgement.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“I call
to the spirits of other lands to make fecund my existence”
—Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)
“Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
That crown the wat’ry glade.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)