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James Harvey Robinson (June 29, 1863 in Bloomington, Illinois – February 16, 1936 in New York City) was an American historian, who co-founded New History, which greatly broadened the scope of historical scholarship in relation to the social sciences. Jay Green concludes:

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Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions.

Convictions, Origin, Pain, Pains, Spiritual, Study

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

Become

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.

Designedly, Emotional, Men, Real, Slight

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.

Self, Interesting, Nothing, Like

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

Gave, Lead, Life, Power, Unique

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.

Act, Addiction, Infinite, Lying, Motivational, Possibilities

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Arguments, Believe, Believing, Consists, Intellectual, Wisdom

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Being The Best, Excellence, Goal, Simply, Stated

In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.

Done, History, Meaning, Men, Trace, Vestige

Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.

Men, Long, Found, Conduct, Man, Solace

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Assume, Atheism, Duty, Political, Sides, Two Sides

We continue to think of new things in old ways.

Continue, New Things, Old, Things, Thinking, Way

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

Curiosity, Fail, May, Rare, Realize, Realizing