John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motleywas an American author, best known for his two popular histories The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. He was also a diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth15 April 1814
CountryUnited States of America
John Lothrop Motley quotes about
gigantic
The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.
netherlands
The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.
pyramids deeds stones
Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.