"The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian."

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Source : James Henry Breasted (1933). “The Oriental Institute”

James Henry Breasted

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“A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.”

Source : Eliphas Levi (2000). “The Great Secret, Or, Occultism Unveiled”, p.174, Weiser Books
“If the enemy is the invading party, we can cut his line of communications and occupy the roads by which he will have to return; if we are the invaders, we may direct our attack against the sovereign himself.”
“Psychologically time is seldom homogenous but rather is as full of shapes as space.”

Source : Robert Grudin (1997). “Time and the Art of Living”, p.3, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Technology is basically neutral. It's kind of like a hammer. The hammer doesn't care whether you use it to build a house, or whether a torturer uses it to crush somebody's skull.”
“When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.”
“The Power of One Hail Mary can change the world. In all our efforts and endeavors, we can never underestimate the power of prayer, and must always rely upon the help of God. In a special way we commend our efforts to the Mother of God and our own Blessed Mother.”
“Machines are designed not to be random. When you call up a word processing program on your computer, you don't want it to be different every time you call it up. You want it to stay the same.”
“Everybody has a story. It's like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all the same. You might drift apart or you might turn your back on them, but you can't say you haven't got them. Same goes for stories.”

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