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title: "8 History Especially Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 History Especially quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best History Especially sayings and thoughts."
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> [Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/schools-don-t-teach-american-history-that-well-especially-a-lot-of/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [In the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-schama/in-the-end-history-especially-british-history-with-its-succession-of/)

[Simon Schama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-schama/)

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> [All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-history-and-especially-the/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/james-martineau-16255_history_all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-hi_534191.png)

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

[Goldwin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldwin-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/goldwin-smith-17422_been_it-is-needless-to-say-how-great-has-been_631429.jpg)

> [For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/for-my-part-i-consider-that-it-will-be-found-much-better-by-all/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/winston-churchill-95_found_for-my-part-i-consider-that-it-will-be-f_1329348.jpg)

> [I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-heckerling/i-m-obsessed-with-history-especially-wwii-and-the-jews-in-europe/)

[Amy Heckerling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-heckerling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/amy-heckerling-9746_europe_i-m-obsessed-with-history-especially-wwi_2466526.png)

> [As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/as-someone-who-has-long-loved-history-and-reads-a-lot-of-history/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f6/candice-millard-18386_almost_as-someone-who-has-long-loved-history-an_2804722.png)

> [All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and good, are, in like manner,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-history-and-especially-the-2/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

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