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History of the United States, Vol. 1 of 2

History of the United States, Vol. 1 of 2

From the Foundation of Virginia to the Reconstruction of the Union (Classic Reprint)

by Percy Greg
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/11/2018

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Excerpt from History of the United States, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Foundation of Virginia to the Reconstruction of the Union AN impartial historian is naturally rare. He must realise vividly, yet feel coldly; his interest in the great drama of human passion must be equally passionless and profound; he must live in the conflicts of the Past, yet take no side therein. Even the colourless austerity of Thucydides, the concentrated terseness of Tacitus, fail to stand the test of modern criticism. Our own favourite classics - Gibbon and Alison, Motley, Macaulay, and Carlyle - are those who infuse into the Past most of the breath, life, and movement of modern party spirit. Grote and Froude present, in the new light of their own warm partisanship, periods heretofore painted and regarded from an opposite standpoint. If ever that plea may avail a former advocate, reviewing from the Bench of History a cause he once argued at the bar of politics, it should surely vindicate an effort to treat candidly and truthfully a theme of which the sympathisers with success have enjoyed a virtual monopoly; especially when addressing a generation which knows the lion's part almost exclusively from the art of somewhat over exultant conquerors.

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ISBN:
9780656995318
9780656995318
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13-11-2018
Publisher:
Forgotten Books
Pages:
514
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x29mm
Weight:
0.83kg

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