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The incurably suspicious Arthur Lee, youngest brother of Richard Henry, was of opinion that what others termed 'errors' in the Constitution were a deliberate scheme to create an oligarchy.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Arthur Brother Constitution Create Deliberate Errors Henry Lee Oligarchy Opinion Others Richard Scheme Suspicious Were Youngest

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Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

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Topics: Character Instinctive Makes Mind Quality Rather Strange Than Which

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Time alone is irreplaceable. Waste it not.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Alone Irreplaceable Time Waste

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What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

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Topics: Character Generous Going Hour Just Make Man Possible Quality Strain Thing Which

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Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Case Cause Character Common Devotion Facts Go He Justly Knows Man Maximum Mean Minimum Point Say Starting Starting Point Tell Truly Truth Which Will Wisely You

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Character is the essence of all that a man has seen in life and regards as high and exalted. Character is like truth: the substance of the things that a man has forgotten but the substance of the things that are worth remembering in life.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Character Essence Exalted Forgotten High Life Like Man Regards Remembering Seen Substance Things Truth Worth

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I would say that the study of history is that which gives man the greatest optimism, for if man were not destined by his Maker to go on until the Kingdom of Heaven is attained, man would have been extinguished long ago by reason of all man's mistakes and frailties.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Attained Been Destined Gives Go Greatest Heaven His History Kingdom Long Maker Man Mistakes Optimism Reason Say Study Until Were Which Would

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Man was made to be immortal; else, he could not survive being the fool he is.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Being Could Else Fool He Immortal Made Man Survive

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'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Late Seek Tis Too Too Late World

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Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Against Aligned Did Henry Himself Lee Richard

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: May 16th, 1886

Died: June 13th, 1953

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