John Hope
John Hope
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth2 June 1868
CountryUnited States of America
being-thankful fortunate
I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.
writing history prejudice
The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.
members love-each-other regard
Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.
untold-stories hearing excitement
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.
motivational past order
If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past
country truth appreciate
We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.
travel journey textbooks
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.
past people important
One of the problems in the United States is the refusal on the part of our young people to remember or to want to remember, or to recognize the experiences of the past as being relevant, germane, important to the present and to the future. They simply don't want anything that's painful. They want to live in a painless society where everything is pleasant, and everything is joyful.
order house african-american
If the house is to be set in order,...
It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.