John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motleywas an American author, best known for his two popular histories The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. He was also a diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth15 April 1814
CountryUnited States of America
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A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.
The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.
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The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.
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The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
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With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.
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Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
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Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.
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To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.
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For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.
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Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.
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Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
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A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.