Douglas Southall Freeman
Douglas Southall Freeman
Douglas Southall Freemanwas an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author. He is best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E. Lee and George Washington, for which he was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth16 May 1886
CountryUnited States of America
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Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.
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What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.
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I would say that the study of history is that which gives man the greatest optimism, for if man were not destined by his Maker to go on until the Kingdom of Heaven is attained, man would have been extinguished long ago by reason of all man's mistakes and frailties.