Goldwin Smith

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?

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These are some quotes by Canadian author Goldwin Smith Historian, who lived between August 13, 1823 and June 7, 1910.

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The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

Goldwin Smith

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It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions.

Goldwin Smith

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The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

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