J. H. Plumb 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.”
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“The past has always been the handmaid of authority.”
-- J. H. PlumbSource : J.H. Plumb (1989). “The Death of the Past”, p.40, Springer
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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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“History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.”
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“A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.”
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“I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose”
Source : Song: The Guidelines, 1998
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“Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.”
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