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Edward Augustus Freeman Quotes

History is past politics, and politics is present history.

History is past politics, and politics is present history.

Edward Augustus Freeman
Past, History, Political
1886 Methods of Historical Study.

This would be a grand land if only every Irishman would kill a negro, and be hanged for it.

Edward Augustus Freeman
Land, Would Be, Irishmen
1881 Of America. Letter to F H Dickinson from New Haven, 4 Dec.

To write about history or language is supposed to be within the reach of every man. To write about natural science is allowed to be within the reach only of those who have mastered the subjects on which they write.

Edward Augustus Freeman
Writing, Men, Language
Edward Augustus Freeman (1886). “The Methods of Historical Study: Eight Lectures Read in the University of Oxford In...1884, with the Inaugural Lecture on The Office of the Historical Professor”

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