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Hubert Howe Bancroft Quotes

American historian and ethnologist (1832–1918)

Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832 – March 2, 1918) was an American historian and ethnologist.

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Alternative Names: Hubert H. Bancroft • Hubert Bancroft • H. H. Bancroft

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That which we commonly call civilization is not an adjunct or an acquirement of man; it is neither a creed nor a polity, neither science, nor philosophy, nor industry; it is rather the measure of progressional force implanted in man.

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