A Short History of Spain Quotes

“Herein lies the difference between these two great divisions of the human family, and this is the germinal fact in the war raging to-day between Spain and the United States.”
― Mary Platt Parmele, A Short History of Spain

“After finishing this rare bit of handiwork nature seems to have thrown up a great ragged wall, stretching from sea to sea, to protect it; and the Pyrenees have stood for ages a frowning barrier, descending toward France on the northern side from gradually decreasing heights—but on the Spanish side in wild disorder, plunging down through steep chasms, ravines, and precipices—with sharp cliffs towering thousands of feet skyward, which better than standing armies protect the sunny plains below.”
― Mary Platt Parmele, A Short History of Spain

“Time has effaced all positive knowledge of this aboriginal race;”
― Mary Platt Parmele, A Short History of Spain