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

Other quotes by Robert Hall

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

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Health
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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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War
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History
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Human history in essence is the history of ideas. – H. G. Wells

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History

The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesnt produce money. Ideas produce money. – Shimon Peres

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History

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire of societies old and new of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by Gods Will, united in spirit and in aim. – Queen Elizabeth II

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History

In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

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History

Random Quotes

When everything is finished, the mornings are sad. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Labor

In nature we see where God has been. In our fellow man, we see where He is still at work. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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God

A lot of sequins for New Years! Red, green, white – I fail at all of that because Im always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. – Ashley Benson

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Christmas

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can. – Yiddish Proverb

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Will, Willpower