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> [“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-walker-howe/history-works-on-a-long-time-scale-and-at-any-given-moment-we-can/)

Daniel Walker Howe

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## More by Daniel Walker Howe

> [George Smith shows how many of the prophet’s followers embraced plural marriage during a period when the LDS Church was emphatically denying the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-walker-howe/george-smith-shows-how-many-of-the-prophet-s-followers-embraced/)

Daniel Walker Howe

> [Stewart Davenport conscientiously and insightfully re-creates the world of the nineteenth-century political economists, who taught that the principles of international trade manifested, like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-walker-howe/stewart-davenport-conscientiously-and-insightfully-re-creates-the/)

Daniel Walker Howe

> [“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-walker-howe/history-works-on-a-long-time-scale-and-at-any-given-moment-we-can/)

Daniel Walker Howe

> [Alexander von Humboldt’s wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Person’s stunning new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-walker-howe/alexander-von-humboldt-s-wide-ranging-views-of-nature-is-a/)

Daniel Walker Howe

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