Albert Bushnell Hart Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Albert Bushnell Hart quotes and sayings page 2 (historian). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 25 we have.
“England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.”
“Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class of Negro slaves.”
“Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.”
“In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.”
“Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.”
“Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.”
“In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.”
“More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.”
“From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.”
“As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.”
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