Barbara Tuchman

" Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. "
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Barbara Tuchman
History , Thought , Books , Civilization , Science , Literature , Dumb
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" To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. "
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" Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. "
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" To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. "
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" Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed. "
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Revolution , Time , Successful
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Barbara Tuchman
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30-01-1912 06-02-1989 Historian, Author citation
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