James Froude

Date of Birth:

23-Apr-1818

Nationality:

Andorra

Profession:

Historian

James Anthony Froude (1818-94), a historian and scholar of Carlyle, published this twelve-page English Reformation period between 1858 and 1870. This work is shaped by Froude's strong belief that the Reformation has enabled the recent development and expansion of 'progressive intelligence' in England. His style of dress was criticized by some historians, but his style of narrative and good involvement made his work very popular with the general public, and the literature had a great influence. The first six volumes refer to the Reformation from the exodus from Rome until the entry of Elizabeth I in 1558, and the remaining six chronicles the reign of Elizabeth I, culminating in the defeat of the Spanish Armada of Spain. Volume 1 recounts the final years of Wolsey's influence, the changed relations between Church and State, and the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

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QUOTES BY James Froude

"Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive."

"The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness."

"Human improvement is from within outward."

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

"The essence of greatness is neglect of the self."

"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible."

"Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them."

"The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue."

"Instruction does not prevent waster of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all."

"Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side."

"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children."