Richard Hildreth

thumb|right|Portrait of Richard Hildreth, 1875 Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865) was an American journalist, author and historian. Quotes Unfortunately, there have been, and are, in the world, very few governments in which the right of passive or unarmed resistance is acknowledged. By most governments, such resistance is considered and treated as no better than open rebellion, which thus becomes the sole resource of oppressed subjects. Theory Of Politics: An Inquiry Into The Foundations Of Governments, And The Causes And Progress Of Political Revolutions (1853) Section Third Quotes about The library is in a noble hall, and looks splendidly with its vista of alcoves. The most remarkable sight, however, was Mr. Hildreth, writing his history of the United States; he sits at a table, at the entrance of one of the alcoves, with his books and papers before him; as quiet and absorbed as he could be in the loneliest study; now consulting an authority, now penning a sentence or a paragraph, without seeming conscious of anything but his subject. It is very curious, thus to have a glimpse of a book in process of creation under one's eye. I know not how many hours he sits there; but while I saw him, he was a pattern of diligence and unwandering thought; he had taken himself out of this age, and put himself, I suppose, into that which he was writing about. Nathaniel Hawthorne, as quoted in Friedland, L. S. (1946). Richard Hildreth’s Minor Works. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 40(2), 127–150. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24298766 External links Category:Historians from the United States Category:Journalists from Massachusetts Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Harvard University alumni Category:1807 births Category:1865 deaths