J. H. Plumb famous quotes

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History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.
-- J. H. Plumb

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The past has always been the handmaid of authority.
-- J. H. Plumb

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Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are becoming a numerate society: almost instinctively there seems now to be a greater degree of truth in evidence expressed numerically than in any literary evidence, no matter how shaky the statistical evidence, or acute the observing eye.
-- J. H. Plumb

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The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future.
Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.
History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.
A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

J. H. Plumb famous quotes

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