The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God.

His glory Jesus Christ does not consist in beingplaced without the confines of history; a more real worship is paid to him, by showing that the whole of history is incomprehensible without him.

History is as much an art as a science.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.

Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.