All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

These historians were led by Charles A. They collaborated on many works of history including the popular survey The Beards' Basic History of the United States. Beard's last work President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War (1948) blamed Roosevelt for lying to the American people and tricking them into war.

His works included a radical re-evaluation of the founding fathers of the United States who he believed were motivated more by economics than by philosophical principles. Beard's most influential book written with his wife Mary Beard was the wide-ranging and bestselling The Rise of American Civilization (1927) which had a major influence on American historians. ".