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Frederic Harrison Quotes

The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him.

The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him.

Frederic Harrison
Cute, Simple, Men
Frederic Harrison (1975). “Order and Progress”, p.150, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass.

Frederic Harrison
History, Mass, Lifeless
Frederic Harrison (1862). “The Meaning of History: Two Lectures”, p.25

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