The Fatal Illness Of Frederick The Noble Classic Reprint

Author : Charles Booth Brackenbury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333452773
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Frederick the Great (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Booth Brackenbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Frederick the Great The tendency of modern historians is to reject the old hero-worship of kings and to throw the light of their researches upon the growth of nations rather than upon the genius of rulers, generals, and ministers. No doubt there is need of a change from the old method of writing history, by which the masters were glorified at the expense of the people. But the new process may be carried too far. It is possible that, in a not far distant future, the progress of trade and manufactures will be pushed by co-operative societies of workmen; but the historians of that time will be unjust if they forget the services ren dered in the past by capitalists and inventors. Politically, the world is travelling in the direction of constitutional government or even republicanism, which are both forms of co-operation; yet the power now known as the Empire of Germany was founded and built up by other means, prominent among which have been the character and actions of various members of the House of Hohenzollern. The Electors of Brandenburg raised themselves and their family by their own exertions at a time when Princes regarded their countries much as landed proprietors now do their estates. Territories with their whole populations were bought and sold without consulting other interests than those of the proprietors, and a Kaiser was not ashamed to wring a post obit for an important district out of the necessities of a young hereditary Prince, whose 928. 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.