As the primary end of History ...

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.
As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.
 Hugh Blair

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 Brendan Fletcher
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 Steven Pressfield
If one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.
You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
 Miyamoto Musashi
Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

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 Hugh Blair
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 Hugh Blair
Those who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.
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