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Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History (Classic Reprint) by : John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History (Classic Reprint) written by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Modern History The Lectures on Modern History were delivered by Lord Acton in his ordinary course as Professor in the academical years 1899-1900 and 1900-01. The Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History, here reprinted, was delivered on June II, 1895. The document printed in Appendix I. Is of great interest, as exhibiting the ideals of Lord Acton as a student and the aims of the under taking which he planned and still bears his name. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 1 of 2 by : William Smyth
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 1 of 2 written by William Smyth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution Asm'a de Mably - Robertson's Introduction to Charles V. And three Notes, 38, 39, 40 - Parts of Philip de Commines, for Burgundy and Life of Louis XI. - notices taken by Hume of the French history. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History, From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution (Classic Reprint) by : William Smyth
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History, From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution (Classic Reprint) written by William Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Modern History, From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution Nothing so much embarrasses a student, who is beginning the study of history, as the difficulty he finds in selecting the best authors, ascertaining their intrinsic and relative merits, and in marking out for himself the most profitable course of reading. He is bewildered amidst a multitude of books, and perpetually at a loss, as he proceeds, to determine the comparative importance of periods, events, and characters. If he seeks a guide, he is either met by a dry catalogue of authors, arranged with little discrimination, or referred to abridgments and abstracts, as destitute of the soul and substance of history, properly so called, as a skeleton is of the spirit and proportions of a living man. His time is thus lost and his patience exhausted, while he makes scarcely any progress in those acquisitions which it is the design of history to communicate, and by which the mind should be expanded and strengthened at the same time that it is enriched with facts. Professor Smyth has undertaken to remove these obstacles; and, if we may judge by the manner in which his task has been executed in these volumes, it is safe to say that it could not have fallen into more skilful or experienced hands. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 2 of 2 by : William Smyth
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 2 of 2 written by William Smyth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Modern History, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution In the extracts furnished by, Mr. Macpherson, little cem ment can be found on what are known to be the most critical points of the history of the times; and on the whole, as far as the reign of Charles is concerned, the reader is extremely disappointed in the matter and in the manner, in the author and in the editor of this journal or narrative, as exhibited by Macpherson. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 1 by : George Miller
Download or read book Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 1 written by George Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 1: Delivered in the University of Dublin The superintending wisdom of the Deity Why should the moral be less a subject of philosophical examination than the material. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : George Miller
Download or read book Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by George Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 2 In this enquiry I do not think it necessary to enter into. A question, which has been strenu ous] y agitated; whether the sovereignty of the Norman kings of England was founded on a free election, or on the right of conquest. The authorities quoted by Hume contain abundant proof, that the government of William I. Was, in his own time, regarded as established by force, and exercised with violence. This is the only important consideration in respect to the character of the government, as it was then con stituted. The controversy, which began more than five centuries after the Norman revolution, had its origin in the adulation of the clergy. 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.
Book Synopsis Introductory Lectures on Modern History, Delivered in Lent Term, 1842 by : Thomas Arnold
Download or read book Introductory Lectures on Modern History, Delivered in Lent Term, 1842 written by Thomas Arnold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lectures on Modern History, Delivered in Lent Term, 1842: With the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, 1841 In speaking of history generally, I may appear to be forgetting that my proper subject is more limited that it is not history simply, but modern history. I am perfectly aware of this, and hope not to forget it in my practice: but still at the outset I must trace the stream from its source: I must ask you to re main with me awhile on the high ground, where the waters, which are hereafter to form the separate streams of ancient and modern history, lie as yet undistinguished in their common parent lake. I must speak of history in general, in order to under stand the better the character of any one of its particular species. 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.
Book Synopsis Introductory Lectures on Modern History by : Thomas Arnold
Download or read book Introductory Lectures on Modern History written by Thomas Arnold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lectures on Modern History: Delivered in Lent Term, MDCCCXLII; With the Inaugural Lecture, Delivered in December, MDCCCXLI Of the spirit in which he should lecture with respect to the feel ings of the place, Dr. Arnold remarks, in one of his letters, The best rule, it seems to me, is to lecture exactly as I should write for the world at large; to lecture, that is, neither hostilely nor cau tiously, not seeking occasions of shocking men's favorite opinions, yet neither in any way humouring them, or declining to speak the truth, however opposed it may be to them. 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.
Book Synopsis A Course of Lectures on Modern History by : Frederick Schlegel
Download or read book A Course of Lectures on Modern History written by Frederick Schlegel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Course of Lectures on Modern History: To Which Are Added, Historical Essays on the Beginning of Our History, and on Caesar and Alexander It was my first wish to place these Lectures in the hands of my hearers. To some passages, especially those which are entirely based upon special and novel researches, it would have been perhaps more appropriate to add remarks upon those topics of inquiry, which could not well be discussed in oral delivery, as well as to adduce the less known authorities. Such was at first my intention. Most of the remarks, how ever, would have swollen into treatises; the character of the work would thereby have become totally changed, and several years would probably have elapsed before its completion. I believed, however, that several of those, who in Germany, or elsewhere, where the German language is known, pay attention to, and take an interest in, my labours, would prefer to have these reflections on modern times at once, and in the very form in which they now appear. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on History, Delivered in the Normal School of Paris (Classic Reprint) by : Constantin François Volney
Download or read book Lectures on History, Delivered in the Normal School of Paris (Classic Reprint) written by Constantin François Volney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on History, Delivered in the Normal School of Paris Rity, Or the present age, can expect that he should make sacrifices which muld be. Rewarded on] y by accusations lof in}. 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.
Book Synopsis Two General Lectures on Modern History by : Henry Halford Vaughan
Download or read book Two General Lectures on Modern History written by Henry Halford Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Two General Lectures on Modern History: Delivered on Inauguration, October, 1849 These lectures, delivered some months ago, were not intended for publication, but have been printed in compliance with numerous requests. This circumstance will account for their unusually late appearance, and will also suggest other considerations to the good sense of those who may read them. I would particularly apologise for the compression of style which has sometimes announced, within the compass of a single sentence, principles which, in so far as they are broad and original, might claim many pages for their due elucidation. This applies particularly to parts of the first lecture. But I felt restricted as to time in the recital, and therefore condensed into as few words as possible my expressions. Subsequent reflection on the part of those who heard me, it was hoped, might sufficiently expand and appreciate them. I will not offer any excuse for the speculative character of this introduction to a study which finds its chief obstacle, as an element of education, in the practical interests and passions which it might engage. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 8 by : George Miller
Download or read book Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 8 written by George Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, Vol. 8: Delivered in the University of Dublin Are not two sparrow: cold for a fan-thing? And one of them shall notfall on the grown! Without your Father. 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.
Book Synopsis Outlines of Lectures on History Addressed to the Students of the Cornell University, Vol. 1 by : Andrew D. White
Download or read book Outlines of Lectures on History Addressed to the Students of the Cornell University, Vol. 1 written by Andrew D. White and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outlines of Lectures on History Addressed to the Students of the Cornell University, Vol. 1: The First Century of Modern History Preliminary sketch of the great twofold combination now to be studied the combination of the Greek Learn ing with two great masses of National Character - the Romanic and the Teutonic. 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.
Book Synopsis On History and the Study of History by : William P. Atkinson
Download or read book On History and the Study of History written by William P. Atkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On History and the Study of History: Three Lectures These are examples of views about the study of History which I am constantly meeting. Let us examine a little the ideas of its relation to educa tion which they imply: the idea that History is good for those who have what is called a taste for it, but useless for those who have not; the idea that History may be good as a part of some kinds of education, but has no place in that kind of edu cation which goes by the name of scientific; the, idea that the study of History is properly no part of education at all, but forms a part of what is called general reading, which one can take up at any time, or pursue in any manner; or, again, the idea that the study of History is the process of packing away in the memory, in their proper order, as great a number as possible of facts and names and dates, and that whoever is unsuccessful in that is incapable of learning History. 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History by : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History written by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lectures on Modern history by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton FELLOW STUDENTS-I look back today to a time before the middle of the century, when I was reading at Edinburgh and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and, as things then were, I was refused by all. Here, from the first, I vainly fixed my hopes, and here, in a happier hour, after five-and-forty years, they are at last fulfilled. I desire, first, to speak to you of that which I may reasonably call the Unity of Modern History, as an easy approach to questions necessary to be met on the threshold by any one occupying this place, which my predecessor has made so formidable to me by the reflected lustre of his name. You have often heard it said that Modern History is a subject to which neither beginning nor end can be assigned. No beginning, because the dense web of the fortunes of man is woven without a void; because, in society as in nature, the structure is continuous, and we can trace things back uninterruptedly, until we dimly descry the Declaration of Independence in the forests of Germany. No end, because, on the same principle, history made and history making are scientifically inseparable and separately unmeaning. "Politics," said Sir John Seeley, "are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical politics." Everybody perceives the sense in which this is true. For the science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the stream of history, like grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to the making of the future #1. In France, such is the weight attached to the study of our own time, that there is an appointed course of contemporary history, with appropriate text-books #2. That is a chair which, in the progressive division of labour by which both science and government prosper #3, may some day be founded in this country. Meantime, we do well to acknowledge the points at which the two epochs diverge. For the contemporary differs from the modern in this, that many of its facts cannot by us be definitely ascertained. The living do not give up their secrets with the candour of the dead; one key is always excepted, and a generation passes before we can ensure accuracy. Common report and outward seeming are bad copies of the reality, as the initiated know it. Even of a thing so memorable as the war of 1870, the true cause is still obscure; much that we believed has been scattered to the winds in the last six months, and further revelations by important witnesses are about to appear. The use of history turns far more on certainty than on abundance of acquired information. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Book Synopsis Factors in Modern History (Classic Reprint) by : A. F. Pollard
Download or read book Factors in Modern History (Classic Reprint) written by A. F. Pollard and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Factors in Modern History 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.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Modern History by : Goldwin Smith
Download or read book Lectures on Modern History written by Goldwin Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Modern History: Delivered in Oxford, 1859 61 I have failed, in spite of the kind assistance of my friends, the Librarian of the Bodleian and the Keeper of the Archives, to trace the real author of what we must allow to have been an enlightened and far-sighted scheme - a scheme which, had it taken effect, might have supplied Parliament and the public service in the last century with highly-trained legislators and statesmen, and perhaps have torn some dark and disastrous pages from our history. It is not likely that the praise is due to the king himself, who, though not without sense and public spirit, was indifferent to intellectual pursuits. Conjecture points to Sir Robert Walpole. That minis ter was at the height of power when the professorship was founded under George I. When the foundation was confirmed under George II., he had just thrust aside the feeble pretensions of Sir Spencer Compton, and gathered the reins of government, for a moment placed in the weak hands of the favorite, again into his own strong and skillful grasp. If Walpole was the real founder - if he even sanctioned the foundation - it is a remarkable testimony from a political leader of a turn of mind prac tical to coarseness, and who had discarded the literary statesmen of the Somers and Halifax school, to the value of high political education as a qualification for the pub lic service. It is also creditable to the memory of a min ister, the reputed father of the system of Parliamentary corruption, that he should have so far anticipated one of the best of modern reforms as to have been willing to devote a large amount of his patronage to merit, and to take that merit on the recommendation of Universities, one of which, at least, was by no means friendly to the crown. 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.
