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James Anthony Froude

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Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.


— James Anthony Froude


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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.


— James Anthony Froude


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Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.


— James Anthony Froude


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The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.


— James Anthony Froude


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The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.


— James Anthony Froude


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The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.


— James Anthony Froude


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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.


— James Anthony Froude


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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.


— James Anthony Froude


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The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.


— James Anthony Froude


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We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.


— James Anthony Froude


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On the death of his adversary Freeman in 1892 Froude was appointed on the recommendation of Lord Salisbury to succeed him as Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. Froude intended with these writings "to kindle in the public mind at home that imaginative enthusiasm for the Colonial idea of which his own heart was full. Carlyle also made claims of ownership over her uncle's papers and over the profits from their publication.

Inspired by Thomas Carlyle Froude's historical writings were often fiercely polemical earning him a number of outspoken opponents. Froude continued to be controversial up until his death for his Life of Carlyle which he publiJames Anthony Frouded along with personal writings of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

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