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George Bancroft Quote

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement

George Bancroft

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement

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About George Bancroft

George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.
During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.