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Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "He [Columbus] enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience."

He [Columbus] enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!"

A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!




Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances."

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first."

Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.




Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history."

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view."

An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide."

The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.




Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "America was named after a man who discovered no part of the New World. History is like that, very chancy."

America was named after a man who discovered no part of the New World. History is like that, very chancy.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power."

No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis."

Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get."

Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind."

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.




Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling myself overmuch about laws, essential first causes, or how it is all coming out."

So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling myself overmuch about laws, essential first causes, or how it is all coming out.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise."

Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "Never, in these United States, has the brain of man conceived, or the hand of man fashioned, so perfect a thing as a clipper ship."

Never, in these United States, has the brain of man conceived, or the hand of man fashioned, so perfect a thing as a clipper ship.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "One learns more from defeat than from victory."

One learns more from defeat than from victory.



Samuel Eliot Morison Quotes: "If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife."

If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.