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Quotes by G. M. Trevelyan

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Village cricket spread fast through the land.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Cricket Fast Land Spread Through Village

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Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Blood Civilization Curiosity Disinterested Intellectual Intellectual Curiosity Life Real

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One half who graduate from college never read another book.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Another Book College Graduate Half Never One Half Read Who

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A little man often cast a long shadow.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Cast Little Little Man Long Man Often Shadow

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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Action Readiness Responsibility Springs Thought

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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

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Topics: Able Distinguish Education Population Produced Read Reading Unable Vast Worth Worth Reading

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Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

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Topics: Defined History Left Might Negatively Out People Politics Social The History Of

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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Anger Control Madness Momentary Passion Will You Your

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I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Doctors Left Leg Right Two

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Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

~G. M. Trevelyan

Topics: Anything Been Cannot Centuries Done Enough God Ignorant Impossible May Never Person Someone Tell Thing Very Waiting Young Young Person

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: February 16th, 1876

Died: July 21st, 1962

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