Century Of Empire 1801 1900

Author : Herbert Maxwell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332003337
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book A Century of Empire, 1801-1900, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Herbert Maxwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Century of Empire, 1801-1900, Vol. 1 of 3: 1801-1832 Mankind, toiling up the vast slopes of Time, with little prospect of agreeing as to their Whence and Whither, make effort, at least, to establish some notion as to their Where abouts. We of Europe, not content with the natural notation by years and seasons, months and days, still less so with the accidental one by dynasties and reigns, have devised for our need the arbitrary fashion of bundling time into centuries. So deeply has this method of mapping history settled itself in civilised habit of thought, that we have come to regard centuries past and future as actual cosmic entities, instead of a convenient trick of numeration. The impression of reality has been confirmed to citizens of the British Empire by the near coincidence of certain events, profoundly affecting its constitution, with the Opening of each of the last few hundred-year cycles. Thus in 1603 the union of the crowns of England and Scotland brought to a close that weary, wasteful warfare between two nations which were never meant to be but one. Who can measure the mutual benefit they have derived from the legislative union which followed in 1707, restoring to the weaker realm resources so cruelly drained in the struggle for independence, and bringing to the stronger one the sup port of a frugal, industrious, and warlike people? A third momentous stage was reached in the first year of the nineteenth century, when the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland rounded off the evolution of the United Kingdom, a far-reaching act of state, concerning which - its manner of doing and its result when done - unanimity of Opinion still tarries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.