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JAMES G. RANDALL – American author, educator & historian – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE<\/div>\n


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\u201cIt is not the duty of a fair judge to issue no opinion, but to see that there is no tampering with the scales.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~J.G. Randall<\/strong>, American author, educator & historian<\/p>\n

On the importance of objectivity in historical scholarship, \u201cHistorianship,\u201d Address to the annual dinner of the American Historical Association (29 December 1952) Washington, D.C.; in American Historical Review<\/em>, Vol. 58, Issue 2, January 1953, Part I; reprint online via American Historical Association, www.historians.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Speech during the American Historical Association\u2019s annual dinner meeting, as the president of the group]:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of those fundamental standards is objectivity. When we speak of this quality we do not mean that, as between alternative conclusions, a decision should never be reached, nor that the scholar\u2019s mind should dangle in mid air. It is not the duty of a fair judge to issue no opinion, but to see that there is no tampering with the scales.<\/span> If one has objectivity he should also have discrimination. It means \u2013 and this might almost serve as a definition \u2013 that the essence of the thing examined comes through in the conclusion reached.”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0\u201cHistorianship\u201d (29 December 1952 speech | first printing January 1953) online via American Historical Association: https:\/\/www.historians.org\/about-aha-and-membership\/aha-history-and-archives\/presidential-addresses\/james-g-randall<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTact is not only kindness, but kindness skillfully extended.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~J.G. Randall<\/strong>, American author, educator & historian<\/p>\n

Lincoln the President<\/em> (1952) \u201cMidstream,\u201d Vol. III, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1953 edition, p. 408; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c815381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Randall’s original line has been misquoted or paraphrased by a number of different sources:<\/p>\n

Original text<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0\u201cTact is not only kindness, but kindness skillfully extended.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote\/paraphrase\/re-quote<\/span>:\u00a0\u201cTact is kindness, skillfully extended.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From Randall\u2019s biography of American president Abraham Lincoln. Italics original to cited text.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn his practice of the art of human relations Lincoln regularly and consciously applied that quality known as \u201ctact.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 That is a way of conveying the idea, but tact is not one thing only. It is a number of qualities working together: insight into the nature of men, sympathy, self control, a knack of inducing self control in others, avoidance of human blundering, readiness to give the immediate situation an understanding of mind and a second thought. Tact is not only kindness, but kindness skillfully extended.<\/span> Charity does not always please, while even a reproof may be tactfully given. Human tact involves savoir faire<\/em>, restraint, patience, ability to reach a person indirectly rather than by frontal attack, approaching a situation in terms of adjustment rather than by way of deadlock or \u201cshowdown.\u201d (p. 408)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0Library – Lincoln the President<\/em> (1952|1953 Dodd, Mead & Co. ed.) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lincolnpresident00rand#page\/408\/search\/tact+is+not+only+kindness<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about James G. Randall\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n