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John Lothrop Motley quotes
American Historian April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877
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![John Lothrop Motley quote: "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its..."](/pic/227454/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-give-us-the-luxuries-of-life-and-we-will.jpg)
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of..."](/pic/227464/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-the-sword-the-first-for-a-time-the-only.jpg)
The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of..."](/pic/227462/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-the-rise-of-the-dutch-republic-must-ever-be.jpg)
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind."](/pic/227449/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-a-new-civilization-was-not-to-be-improvised.jpg)
A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice."](/pic/273397/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-you-will-find-most-books-worth-reading-are.jpg)
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even..."](/pic/227447/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-a-third-force-developing-itself-more.jpg)
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great..."](/pic/227471/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-with-the-germans-the-sovereignty-resided.jpg)
With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to..."](/pic/227450/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-a-soil-exhausted-by-the-long-culture-of.jpg)
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches..."](/pic/227468/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-thus-the-whole-country-was-broken-into-many.jpg)
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
John Lothrop Motley
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and..."](/pic/227459/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-the-ferocious-inroads-of-the-normans-scared.jpg)
![John Lothrop Motley quote: "The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the..."](/pic/227458/600x316/quotation-john-lothrop-motley-the-crusades-made-great-improvement-in-the.jpg)
The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.
John Lothrop Motley
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