Creative Quotations from . . .
James Harvey Robinson
(1863-1936) born on Jun 29
US historian. "He was one of the founders of the "new history" that broadened historical scholarship in relation to social sciences; wrote "The New History," 1912."
 
   
F
We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship."

R
"We find it hard to believe that other people' s thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are."
A
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
N
"Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error."
K
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Mind in the Making.""
R: "In "Quotations to Cheer You Up When the World is Getting You Down," by Allen Klein, 1991."
A: ""The Mind in the Making.""
N: "In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by Donald Bolander, 1987."
K: ""The Mind in the Making.""
   



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