Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smithwas a British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth13 August 1823
CountryCanada
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It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions.
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Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.
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I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.