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Samuel E. Morison Quotes

Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances. - Samuel E. Morison

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Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces. - Samuel E. Morison

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

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts. - Samuel E. Morison

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