1894 quotes by historians for you to enjoy

One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write this, something happened that had never happened in baseball before. John Thorn

First Before Something Absolutely Write Never Had He He Or She Days She Learns Just Happen Anything Happened Lessons Baseball Two

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family. John Thorn

Home Family Sense Pain Able Return Greek Being Literal Nostalgia

We know these men are professionals whose services are up for bid and whose bags are packed, and yet we call them our own and take personal, even civic pride in their accomplishments. John Thorn

Pride Men Own Our Civic Take Bags Know Bid Call Accomplishments Up Personal Packed Them Even Whose Professionals Services

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. John Thorn

Great Prevail History Game Sky Will Seen Before Market Carnage Market Forces Those Neither Some Study Study History Forces Condemned Falling Repeat Nor Yes Owners After Who Baseball Necessary Players

Soils and national characters differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment. Joseph Jacobs

National Plot Characters Tales Fairy Fairy Tales Same Differ Incidents Treatment

Up to 1870, it was equally said of France and of Italy that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from that date, over 1000 tales had been collected in each country. Joseph Jacobs

Country France Possessed Collected Date Had Over Tales Equally Within Said Been Years Italy Up Fifteen Each

Children, and sometimes those of larger growth, will not read dialect. Joseph Jacobs

Sometimes Will Those Read Dialect Children Larger Growth

One might almost say that the history of geographical discovery, properly so called, begins with Captain Cook, the motive of whose voyages was purely scientific curiosity. Joseph Jacobs

History Say Purely Properly Almost Scientific Geographical Motive Discovery Begins Curiosity The History Of So-Called Might Cook Captain Whose

The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans. Joseph Jacobs

Fate Empire Fair Bids Greeks Romans Resemble Among British British Empire

The truth is, my folk-lore friends and my Saturday Reviewer differ with me on the important problem of the origin of folk-tales. They think that a tale probably originated where it was found. Joseph Jacobs

Truth Me Truth Is Problem Important Think Tale Reviewer Friends Differ Where Origin Found Originated Saturday

In 1893, Miss M. Roalfe Cox brought together, in a volume of the Folk-Lore Society, no less than 345 variants of 'Cinderella' and kindred stories showing how widespread this particular formula was throughout Europe and how substantially identical the various incidents as reproduced in each particular country. Joseph Jacobs

Together Country Society Cinderella Kindred Brought Various Throughout Volume Miss Particular Identical How Cox Than Substantially Stories Formula Less Europe Incidents Showing Each Widespread

Obscure as still remains the origin of that 'genre' of romance to which the tales before us belong, there is little doubt that their models, if not their originals, were once extant at Constantinople. Joseph Jacobs

Before Doubt Once Remains Obscure Tales Genre Still Were Models Romance Which Little Us Origin Originals Belong

Every place but that in which one is born is equally strange and wondrous. Once beyond the bounds of the city walls, and none knows what may happen. We have stepped forth into the Land of Faerie, but at least we are in the open air. Joseph Jacobs

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. Joyce Appleby

Knowledge Try Inseparable Attempt Suppress Contention Creating Should Avoid

Victorian racehorse owners frequently named their horses after murderers. That was so astonishing. Can you imagine the equivalent today, with a horse named, say, Boston Strangler, running in the Kentucky Derby? This was a new discovery. The Victorians didn't think it was odd, so no one ever mentioned it particularly. Judith Flanders

Today You Think Astonishing Say Running Boston Horse Mentioned Horses No-One New Named Particularly Frequently Equivalent Odd Discovery Owners After Victorian Derby Ever Kentucky Imagine

Every society in every period does or doesn't talk about certain topics. We don't discuss money much; it's almost certain that most people don't know how much their colleagues earn. The Victorians, in contrast, were very happy to discuss money. They weren't, however, happy to discuss sex. Judith Flanders

Happy People Money Sex Every Society Earn Topics Colleagues About Almost Know Most Talk Period Does How How Much However Were Very Contrast Discuss Much Certain

You are one of the forces of nature. Jules Michelet

Nature You Forces

Now I would go to London's Pudding Lane on 2 September 1666 and put out that little fire. I'd love to investigate the histories of a few of the buildings that burned for Restoration Home. Kate Williams

Love Home Fire Few September Out Would London Restoration Investigate Put Buildings Go Histories Burned Little Lane Now Pudding

I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks. Kate Williams

As historians, we spend days in archives, gazing at account books. We train would-be historians in the arts of deciphering letters and documents, early Latin, scribal handwriting, medieval French. Kate Williams

Spend Books Gazing Latin Would-Be Archives Days French Documents Historians Account Train Handwriting Arts Letters Early Medieval

Unless I'm asked to dress up in a costume, TV shows prefer a clean, modern look, so I've developed a wardrobe full of plain, bright colours. If it's an outdoors job, I just wear big jumpers. Kate Williams

Job Big Unless TV TV Shows Outdoors Wear Dress Dress-Up Costume Clean Colours Developed Look Up Modern Just Wardrobe Plain Prefer Asked Full Shows Bright

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