Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical politics.


The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures (ed. Cambridge University Press, 2010) - ISBN: 9781108023559

John Seeley Quotes

Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical ...

Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical ...

Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical ...

Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical ...