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> [History at its best is vicarious experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/history-at-its-best-is-vicarious-experience/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

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## More by Edmund Morgan

> [Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/children-whose-curiosity-survives-parental-discipline-and-who-manage/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

> [A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/a-historian-should-not-be-didactic-that-is-a-word-that-makes-my-blood/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

> [The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not granted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/the-british-government-had-not-engaged-in-any-serious-actual/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

> [History at its best is vicarious experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/history-at-its-best-is-vicarious-experience/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

> [I made a point of always teaching undergraduates because they are not a captive audience. . . . I always tried out my research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/i-made-a-point-of-always-teaching-undergraduates-because-they-are-not/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

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