History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time. Gordon S. Wood More Quotes by Gordon S. Wood More Quotes From Gordon S. Wood The Massachusetts constitution was written much later than the other revolutionary state constitutions, and thus it avoids some of the earlier mistakes. The executive is stronger, with a limited veto; the senate is more formidable; and the judiciary is independent. Gordon S. Wood stronger independent mistake [John's Adams] description of [Benjamin] Franklin in a letter to [his wife] Abigail in 1775 is laudatory. Only when he experiences all the adulation paid to Franklin in Paris does he begin to change his tune. Gordon S. Wood paris wife tunes If history teaches anything, it teaches humility. Gordon S. Wood teach humility ifs
