A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing.
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Franklin may ... be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.Samuel Eliot Morison
He Columbus enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience.
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A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race the Yankees materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion.... A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.
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If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the Iroquois in North America would have established strong native states capable of adopting European war tactics and maintaining their independence to this day, as Japan kept her independence from China.
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If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while.... The beauty and cogency of the preamble, reaching back to remotest antiquity and forward so an indefinite future, have lifted the hearts of millions of men and will continue to do.... These words are more revolutionary than anything written by Robespierre, Marx, or Lenin, more explosive than the atom, a continual challenge to ourselves as well as an inspiration to the oppressed of all the world.
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