History

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

Jefferson Davis

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

Saint Augustine

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Jefferson Davis