J. H. Plumb Professions : Historian Born : August 20, 1911 Died : October 21, 2001 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by J. H. Plumb The past has always been the handmaid of authority. J. H. Plumb authority history past History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose. J. H. Plumb educational purpose history Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are becoming a numerate society: almost instinctively there seems now to be a greater degree of truth in evidence expressed numerically than in any literary evidence, no matter how shaky the statistical evidence, or acute the observing eye. J. H. Plumb eye truth science Similar Authors Abram L. Sachar historian Bryan Ward-Perkins historian Bruce Catton historian Bruce Bartlett historian Brian Crozier historian Allan Nevins historian All Authors
