"The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him."
"History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass."
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Source: Frederic Harrison (1862). “The Meaning of History: Two Lectures”, p.25
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