Carl Becker
Carl Becker
abandoned created forces man
Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him
deepening enables history ourselves prepares scientific value
The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society, but ourselves - a much more important thing; it prepares us to live more
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Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.