The Expansion of England Quotes

“History, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object. That is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future.”
― John Robert Seeley, The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

“Commerce in itself may favour peace, but when commerce is artificially shut out by a decree of Government from some promising territory, then commerce just as naturally favours war.”
― John Robert Seeley, The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures