Author: James Henry Breasted

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The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

- James Henry Breasted

There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time.

There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time.

- James Henry Breasted

It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.

It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.

- James Henry Breasted

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