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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 matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

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Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy. – Robert Hall

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War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

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Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

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In our wildest aberrations we dream of an equilibrium we have left behind and which we naively expect to find at the end of our errors. Childish presumption which justifies the fact that child-nations, inheriting our follies, are now directing our history. – Albert Camus

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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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In man – in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that theyre occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the peoples will is what achieves victory. – Hassan Nasrallah

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