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> [Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/ancient-history-besides-the-still-unequalled-excellence-of-the/)

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## More by Goldwin Smith

> [As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/as-to-london-we-must-console-ourselves-with-the-thought-that-if-life/)

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> [The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/the-novelist-must-look-on-humanity-without-partiality-or-prejudice/)

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> [The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/the-romans-we-are-told-were-by-nature-a-peculiarly-warlike-race/)

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> [Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/canada-is-said-to-have-got-its-name-from-the-two-spanish-words-aca/)

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> [It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/it-is-needless-to-say-how-great-has-been-the-influence-of-the/)

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> [We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/we-must-also-be-permitted-to-bear-in-mind-that-evolution-though-it/)

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> [Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/who-can-doubt-that-between-the-english-and-the-french-between-the/)

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> [Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/never-had-there-been-such-an-attempt-to-make-conquest-the-servant-of/)

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> [Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/rich-by-nature-poor-by-policy-might-be-written-over-canada-s-door/)

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> [Above all nations is humanity,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/above-all-nations-is-humanity/)

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> [Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/art-is-expression-and-to-have-high-expression-you-must-have-something/)

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> [In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/in-my-youth-geology-was-nervously-striving-to-accommodate-itself-to/)

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> [The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/the-natural-barriers-between-england-and-scotland-were-not-sufficient/)

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> [Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/dante-himself-is-open-to-the-suspicion-of-partiality-it-is-said-not/)

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> [The father of confederation is deadlock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldwin-smith/the-father-of-confederation-is-deadlock/)

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