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Category Archive: Edmund Morgan

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so…”

Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet ‘Common Sense,’ propelled the American colonists toward independence.

September 4, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “The Puritans left behind so full…”

The Puritans left behind so full a record of what they thought and did that scholars cannot resist the temptation to make the most of it.

August 31, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Vox populi vox dei: the voice…”

Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.

August 9, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Some men look at constitutions with…”

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

August 4, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “The first English settlers of North…”

The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.

July 27, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “It was not necessary and might…”

It was not necessary and might even have been disadvantageous for a government to claim a direct personal commission and communion of the kind God had given some rulers in the Old Testament. A working government might need the support of the Church but not of God Himself in a voice from on high.

June 15, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Apart from the intrinsic interest of…”

Apart from the intrinsic interest of the complex system of beliefs the Puritans carried with them, their lives give a clue to what it meant at the beginning to be American. And the level of scholarship dealing with them has reached a point where it can address the human condition itself.

June 6, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “The famous convention of 1787 met…”

The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.

April 12, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to…”

By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.

February 11, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Franklin was the best known of…”

Franklin was the best known of the Founding Fathers. His death could not go without some sort of official notice. The House of Representatives, after listening to a brief tribute by James Madison, voted to wear badges of mourning for two months and then got on with business.

December 8, 2020 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

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