"For a century after the reign of Frederick,……" — Kelly Miller
"For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe."
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22 Quotes by Kelly Miller
Kelly Miller has 22 quotes on this site.
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Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed…
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Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred…
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Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris…
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If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.
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In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for…
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With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.
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Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a…
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In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.
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No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic…
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Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in…
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The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this…
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The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.
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More Century Quotes
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
— Karen Armstrong
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
— Karen Armstrong
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
— Neil Armstrong
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John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is…
— Isaac Asimov
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
— Chinua Achebe
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
— Chinua Achebe
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Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form.
— Margaret Atwood
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You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit…
— Margaret Atwood
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
— Lord Acton
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As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey;…
— Cleveland Abbe
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Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.
— Russell Baker
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