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Robert Fogel Quote: “The rate of technological and human…”

The rate of technological and human physiological change in the 20th century has been remarkable. Beyond that, a synergy between the improved technology and physiology is more than the simple addition of the two.

December 5, 2019 1926, American, July 1, Quotes by Historians, Robert Fogel

Yochai Benkler Quote: “Bringing an end to mass government…”

Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.

November 6, 2019 1964, Israeli, Quotes by Educators, Yochai Benkler

Brendan Myers Quote: “The birthplace of ‘Western’ civilization is…”

The birthplace of ‘Western’ civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.

October 29, 2019 1974, Brendan Myers, Canadian, July 4, Quotes by Philosophers

Saul David Quote: “Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known…”

Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century.

October 26, 2019 1966, British, Quotes by Historians, Saul David

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Ads are the cave art of…”

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

September 26, 2019 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Advertising is the greatest art form…”

Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.

September 18, 2019 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Victor Davis Hanson Quote: “Even in its third century, America…”

Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.

August 13, 2019 1953, American, Quotes by Historians, Victor Davis Hanson

James Fenton Quote: “Lyric poetry is, of course, musical…”

Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. When it’s a question of typography, why not? Poets have done beautiful things with typography – Apollinaire’s ‘Calligrammes,’ that sort of thing.

August 7, 2019 1949, April 25, British, James Fenton, Quotes by Poets

David Levering Lewis Quote: “The commitment to literacy was constant…”

The commitment to literacy was constant on the part of African Americans. And the percentages of literacy by the end of the century, by 1900, basic literacy has galloped ahead. People believed that education, of course, was the turnstile for advancement.

July 26, 2019 1936, American, David Levering Lewis, May 25, Quotes by Historians

Kenneth Scott Latourette Quote: “In the third century after Christ…”

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

July 24, 2019 1884, American, August 6, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Quotes by Historians

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