James Harvey Robinson Quotes

James Harvey Robinson — American Historian born on June 29, 1863,

James Harvey Robinson (June 29, 1863 in Bloomington, Illinois - February 16, 1936 in New York City) was an American historian, who co-founded New History, which greatly broadened the scope of historical scholarship in relation to the social sciences... (wikipedia)

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship.

James Harvey Robinson Quotes

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