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"The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race."
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"Clear skies do not promise rain."
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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."
"Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there."
"There are the manufacturing multitudes of England; they must have work, and find markets for their work; if machines and the Black Country are ugly, famine would be uglier still."
"Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?"
"The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation."
"No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest."
"The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border."
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