Book/Printed Material The meaning of history, and other historical pieces,
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Image 7 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, ie MEANING OF His TORY AND OTHER HISTORICAL PIECES- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 9 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, TEE MEANING OF HISTORY AD OTHER HISTORICAL PIECES BY FREDERIC HARRISON New Work Mee Mobs AN ACN DD AND LONDON 1894 Ali rights reserved- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 10 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, ly THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON CoPYRIGHT 1894 By MACMILLAN AND CO Norwood jpress J S Cushing Co Berwick Smith Boston Mass USA- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 11 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, NE is Tuis volume contains a collection of essays designed to stimulate the systematic study of general history They are with two exceptions the permanent and condensed form of historical lectures given…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
- Date: 1894
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Image 12 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, Vi NOTE and in one or two other periodicals They have in all cases been carefully revised and partly rewritten and the author has to express to the Editors and Proprietors of…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 13 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, CHAP os IT TTT IV AG VII VIII rx xl TE XIII COIN ES NS THE USE OF HISTORY THE CONNECTION OF HISTORY SOME GREAT Books OF HISTORY Tue History SCHOOLS AN…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 14 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, eV QU CONTENTS THE TRANSFORMATION OF PARIS THE TRANSFORMATION OF LONDON 2 1 Lonpon 1n 1887 1 Lonpon In 1894 THE SACREDNESS OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS PALAOGRAPHIC Purism PAGE 395 412 42 430…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 15 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, mae MEANING OF HISTORY CIADAIP IPO I THE USE OF HISTORY Wuat is the use of historical knowledge Is an ac quaintance with the events the men the ideas of the past…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 16 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 2 THE MEANING OF HISTORY ever they return And it cannot be doubted they add that it isa branch of knowledge and all knowledge is good To know history they conclude is…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 17 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THe USE Ob HISTORY 3 Nor is it true that we show no honour to the men of the past are not guided by their ideas and do not dwell upon their…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 18 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 4 THE MEANING OF HISTORY ment to hear a debate and he enters a building which is a bad imitation of a medizval townhall Or again we know that he reads his…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 19 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE USE OF HiIstoORy 5 Let us suppose for a moment that any set of men could succeed in sweeping away from them all the influences of past ages and everything that…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 20 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 6 THE MEANING OF HISTORY possible to think for the world would present one vast chaos even with the most amazing powers of activity they would fall back exhausted from the task…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 21 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE USE OF HISTORY 7 past far from seeing no use at all in their study are only too ready in discovering a multitude of reasons for it and at seeing in…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 22 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 8 THE MEANING OF HISTORY of mankind There are few lives in all human story more romantic than that of Alcibiades and none more base Some minds find fascination in the Popish…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 23 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, tHE Usi OF HIStORY 9 Better to know nothing of the past than to know only its follies though set forth in eloquent language and with attractive anecdote It does not profit…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 24 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, IO THE MEANING OF HISTORY for novelty If there is one common purpose running through the whole history of the past if that history is the story of mans growth in dignity…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 25 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE USE OF HistORY Il call the pure love of truth often means only a pure love of intellectual fussiness A statement may be true and yet wholly worthless It cannot be…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 26 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, I2 THE MEANING OBO HISTORY happily Some study physiology We do not expect to discover the elixir of life hke an eminent novelist nor do we expect to dispense with the aid…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 27 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, GES USE OF SiistORry 13 on nature What would be the use of knowing the laws of health unless we supposed that a sounder knowledge of them would ameliorate the condition of…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 28 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 14 THE MEANING OF HISTORY like a vast river gathering up the waters of its tributary streams Hence it is that civilisation being not a fixed or lifeless thing cannot be studied…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 29 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, RHE USE OF BIStTORY 15 which connects all races and all ages in one or gather up the broken threads that must yet be woven into the com plex fabric of life…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 30 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 16 THE MEANING OF HISTORY our great roads the local administrations of our counties were sketched out for us by the Romans fifteen centuries since Could we undo it if we tried…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 31 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE USE OR HIStory 17 nothing but a lifeless mass of corruption Pope after Pope has been driven into exile Four or five times has the Church seemed utterly crushed And yet…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 32 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 18 THE MEANING OF HISTORY high purpose and selfdevotion seem to beat themselves to death in vain It is the Past It is the accumulated wills and works of all mankind around…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 33 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, HEHE USE OF HISTORY I9 citizen is a power in the state He is helping to form that which rules the state which rules statesmen and is above kings parliaments or ministers…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 34 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 20 THE MEANING OF HISTORY The value of a knowledge of history being admitted there follows the complicated problem of how to acquire it There are oceans of facts mountains of books…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 35 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, Pie USE OV nistORy 21 out such noble qualities of the human mind and heart must not have left its trace upon mankind It does not need many books to know something…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 36 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 22 THE MEANING OF HISTORY of a great picture or a passage out of a piece of music We all know those noble choruses of Handel such as that Unto us a…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 37 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE Usk OF HIsLonyvc 23 friends our earliest teachers our parents themselves are not more truly our benefactors than they To them we owe what we prize most country freedom peace knowl…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 38 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, GHAR TE ur THE CONNECTION OF HISTORY LET us now try to sketch the outline of this story link century to century continent to continent and judge the share each has in…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 39 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, THE CONNECTION OF HISTORY 25 Let us then place ourselves back in imagination at a period when the whole surface of the earth was quite un like what it is now Let…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
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Image 40 of The meaning of history, and other historical pieces, 26 THE MEANING OF HISTORY at least some twenty thousand years possibly twice or thrice twenty thousand But they should not be quite for gotten and all recollection perish of that dark…- Contributor: Harrison, Frederic
- Date: 1894
About this Item
Title
- The meaning of history, and other historical pieces,
Names
- Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923.
Created / Published
- New York and London, Macmillan and co., 1894.
Headings
- - History
- - Best books
- - France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
- - Cities and towns
- - Rome
- - Athens (Greece)
- - Istanbul (Turkey)--History
- - Paris (France)
- - London (England)--History
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- viii, 482 p. 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- D7 .H3
Library of Congress Control Number
- 02029574
Online Format
- online text
- image