"If you think about it, the historian's task……" — David Herbert Donald

"If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective."

— David Herbert Donald

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17 Quotes by David Herbert Donald

David Herbert Donald has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that…
In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to…
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared…
Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths—the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter,…
I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.
Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.
I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he…
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in…
I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.
Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a…
At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military…
Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he…

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More Detective Quotes

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I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until… — Paul Auster
I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective… — Jacqueline Bisset
I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural… — William Peter Blatty
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. — John Buchan
I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series. — Robert Carlyle
A really good detective never gets married. — Raymond Chandler
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur C. Clarke
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human… — Alistair Cooke
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to… — Arthur C. Clarke
What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the… — Hugo Gernsback

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