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Quote by Robert Hall
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is t

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. Theres nothing to do but to stand there and take it. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – H.L. Mencken

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History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. – Lawrence Durrell

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