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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.
David McCullough
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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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Your education never stops and college is just the beginning. You come out of college with a huge advantage in that you've ideally and more times than not you've come out with a love of learning and that's what matters above all.
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I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.
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Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.
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I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best and who is the worst. I am much more inclined to be interested in them if they had an interesting life and if they were a complete person - and by that I mean they also had flaws and failings.
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