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> [But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked - each only too glad that the sins give it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/but-the-greatest-menace-to-our-civilization-today-is-the-conflict/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

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## More by Herbert Butterfield

> [“While there is battle and hatred men have eyes for nothing save the fact that the enemy is the cause of all the troubles;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/while-there-is-battle-and-hatred-men-have-eyes-for-nothing-save-the/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/the-academic-mind-can-eat-away-the-very-basis-of-its-own-assurance/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [Very strange bridges are used to make the passage from one state of things to another; we may lose sight of them in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/very-strange-bridges-are-used-to-make-the-passage-from-one-state-of/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too delighted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/but-the-greatest-menace-to-our-civilization-today-is-the-conflict/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [“History is not the study of origins; rather it is the analysis of all the mediations by which the past was turned into our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/history-is-not-the-study-of-origins-rather-it-is-the-analysis-of-all/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/in-the-last-resort-sheer-insight-is-the-greatest-asset-of-all/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [The study of the past with one eye, so to speak, upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/the-study-of-the-past-with-one-eye-so-to-speak-upon-the-present-is/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [“The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/the-raconteur-knows-too-well-that-if-he-investigates-the-truth-of-the/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [Those people work more wisely who seek to achieve good in their own small corner of the world ... than those who are forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/those-people-work-more-wisely-who-seek-to-achieve-good-in-their-own/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/the-study-of-the-past-with-one-eye-upon-the-present-is-the-source-of/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [About the scientific revolution: it "outshines everything since the rise of Christianity and reduces the Renaissance and Reformation to the rank of mere episodes".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/about-the-scientific-revolution-it-outshines-everything-since-the/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [It has been said that the historian is the avenger, and that standing as a judge between the parties and rivalries and causes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/it-has-been-said-that-the-historian-is-the-avenger-and-that-standing/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [Concerning alchemy it is more difficult to discover the actual state of things, in that the historians who specialise in this field seem sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/concerning-alchemy-it-is-more-difficult-to-discover-the-actual-state/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [If history can do anything it is to remind us that all our judgments are merely relative to time and circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/if-history-can-do-anything-it-is-to-remind-us-that-all-our-judgments/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

> [It is not a sin to introduce a personal bias that can be recognized and discounted. The sin in historical composition is the organization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/it-is-not-a-sin-to-introduce-a-personal-bias-that-can-be-recognized/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

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