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# Carl Lotus Becker

(1873–1945)   Historian Of Modern Age

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Carl Lotus Becker was a historian of Modern Age.

## Quick Facts About Carl Lotus Becker

Born September 7, 1873

Died April 10, 1945

Profession Historian Of Modern Age

## About Carl Lotus Becker

American historian (1873–1945)... \| Carl Lotus Becker was an American historian who studied the American Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment in America and Europe.

##  Quotes by Carl Lotus Becker

> [“Since history is not an objective reality, but only an imaginative reconstruction of vanished events, the pattern that appears useful and agreeable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-lotus-becker/since-history-is-not-an-objective-reality-but-only-an-imaginative/)

[Carl Lotus Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-lotus-becker/)

[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [“Reason may be employed to support faith as well as to destroy it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-lotus-becker/reason-may-be-employed-to-support-faith-as-well-as-to-destroy-it/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [“We perceive, as from a great distance, a thousand years filled with dim shapes of men moving blindly, performing strangely, in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-lotus-becker/we-perceive-as-from-a-great-distance-a-thousand-years-filled-with-dim/)

[Carl Lotus Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-lotus-becker/)

[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/carl-lotus-becker-82324_history_we-perceive-as-from-a-great-distance-a-t_1446850.jpg)

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