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Top 20 Francis Parkman Quotes (2025 Update)

Francis Parkman Quote: “Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.”

1. “Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.”

2. “Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adventure, and gold.”

3. “America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adventure, and gold.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.”

4. “Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.”

5. “France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “It was a rich and gorgeous sunset – an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.”

6. “It was a rich and gorgeous sunset – an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.”

7. “Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.”

8. “Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her baneful shadow.”

9. “In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her baneful shadow.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “The most momentous and far-reaching question ever brought to issue on this continent was: Shall France remain here, or shall she not?”

10. “The most momentous and far-reaching question ever brought to issue on this continent was: Shall France remain here, or shall she not?”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.”

11. “Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph’s trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.”

12. “We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph’s trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph’s trail.”

13. “We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph’s trail.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.”

14. “Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.”

15. “Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.”

16. “America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.”

17. “We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “In one point the plan was fatally defective, since it involved the deadly enmity of a race whose character and whose power were as yet but ill understood, – the fiercest, boldest, most politic, and most ambitious savages to whom the American forest has ever given birth.”

18. “In one point the plan was fatally defective, since it involved the deadly enmity of a race whose character and whose power were as yet but ill understood, – the fiercest, boldest, most politic, and most ambitious savages to whom the American forest has ever given birth.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.”

19. “Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt.”

20. “The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.”

21. “Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.”

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Francis Parkman Quote: “Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.”

22. “Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.”

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