Frederick Jackson Turner quotes
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“The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1
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“Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : Frederick Jackson Turner, Martin Ridge (1993). “History, Frontier, and Section: Three Essays”
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“That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom - these are the traits of the frontier.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “The Frontier in American History”, p.37, Courier Corporation
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“So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, p.35, Now and Then Reader LLC
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“Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Turner 2
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“America has been another name for opportunity.”
-- Frederick Jackson TurnerSource : Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “The Frontier in American History”, p.37, Courier Corporation
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“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.139, Macmillan
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Source : Abdus Salam, Ahmed Ali (1994). “Selected Papers of Abdus Salam: (with Commentary)”, p.306, World Scientific
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“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.”
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“Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,.”
Source : "Douglas Brinkley to write Katrina book". www.today.com. September 13, 2005.
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“The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.”
Source : "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1
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