Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) British academic historian and Marxist historiographer
Chap. 17 : The Curious History of Europe
On History (1997)
“In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.”
The First World War ([1963] 1970) p. 165
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Thomas R. Marshall (1854–1925) American politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States
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Paul A. Baran (1909–1964) American Marxist economist
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“Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.”
Watchman Nee book The Normal Christian Life
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“It is now fifty years since Woodrow Wilson wrote his brilliant essay on public administration.”
Marshall E. Dimock (1903–1991) American writer
It is a good essay to reread every so often; there is so much in it that sounds modern, so much that will hold permanently true... Political scientists owe Woodrow Wilson a debt of gratitude for opening their eyes to the broader importance and implications of administration. His keen mind also discerned the task which would occupy the attention of administrative theorists long after he was gone.
Source: "The Study of Administration." 1937, p. 28
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[Introduction à l'histoire universelle, Michelet, Jules, Hachette, 1843, 9]
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