“ Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories. Randy Alcorn
“ Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations. Paul C. Nagel
“ Feeling its power, one Civil War paper trumpeted that Milton and Homer were for another age but for this one was the New York Herald. Harold Holzer
“ It’s hard for me to believe that I will die. Because I’m bubbling in a frigid freshness. My life is going to be very long because each instant is. The impression is that I’m still to be born and I can… Clarice Lispector
“ The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.