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title: "2 Craftsmanship Quotes By Samuel Eliot Morison"
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> [A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/a-few-hints-as-to-literary-craftsmanship-may-be-useful-to-budding/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

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> [A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/a-few-hints-as-to-the-craft-may-be-useful-to-budding-historians-first/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

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## More by Samuel Eliot Morison

> [America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else; when discovered it was not wanted; and most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/america-was-discovered-accidentally-by-a-great-seaman-who-was-looking/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the Iroquois in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/if-the-european-discovery-had-been-delayed-for-a-century-or-two-it-is/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/but-sea-power-has-never-led-to-despotism-the-nations-that-have/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/if-the-american-revolution-had-produced-nothing-but-the-declaration/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The beauty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/if-the-american-revolution-had-produced-nothing-but-the-declaration-2/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [ A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race \[the Yankees\]; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion. .… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/a-tough-but-nervous-tenacious-but-restless-race-the-yankees/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/dream-dreams-and-write-them-aye-but-live-them-first/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [Never, in these United States, has the brain of man conceived, or the hand of man fashioned, so perfect a thing as a clipper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/never-in-these-united-states-has-the-brain-of-man-conceived-or-the/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/a-few-hints-as-to-literary-craftsmanship-may-be-useful-to-budding/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/franklin-may-be-considered-one-of-the-founding-fathers-of-american/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [One learns more from defeat than from victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/one-learns-more-from-defeat-than-from-victory/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [Military and absolutist regimes are undoubtedly well fitted to get the jump on an unsuspecting or unprepared enemy; but the history of modern warfare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/military-and-absolutist-regimes-are-undoubtedly-well-fitted-to-get/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/an-historian-should-yield-himself-to-his-subject-become-immersed-in/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/no-big-modern-war-has-been-won-without-preponderant-sea-power-and/)

[Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/)

> [The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/the-cruel-policy-initiated-by-columbus-and-pursued-by-his-successors/)

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