The Development Of The European Nations Vol 1 Of 2

Author : J. Holland Rose
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330746011
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Development of the European Nations, Vol. 2 of 1 written by J. Holland Rose and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Development of the European Nations, Vol. 2 of 1: 1870-1914 Tm: line of Virgil quoted on the title-page represents in the present case a sigh of aspiration, not a ptan of achievement. No historical student, surely, can ever feel the conviction that he has fathomed the depths of that well where Truth is said to lie hid. What, then, must be the feelings of one who ventures into the mazy domain of recent annals, and essays to pick his way through thickets all but untrodden? More than once I have been tempted to give up the quest and turn aside to paths where pioneers have cleared the way. There, at least, the whereabouts of that fabulous well is known and the plummet is ready to hand. Nevertheless, I resolved to struggle through with my task, in the consciousness that the work of a pioneer may be helpful, provided that he carefully notches the track and thereby enables those who come after him to know what to seek and what to avoid. After all, there is no lack of guides in the present age. The number of memoir-writers and newspaper correspondents is legion; and I have come to believe that they are fully as trustworthy as similar witnesses have been in any age. The very keenness of their rivalry is some guarantee for truth. Doubtless competition for good copy occasionally leads to artful embroidering on humdrum actuality but, after spending much time in scanning similar embroidery in the literature of the Napoleonic Era, I unhesitatingly place the work of Archibald Forbes, and that of several knights of the pen still living, far above the delusive tinsel of Marbot, Thiebault, and Segur. 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.