The Imperial Commonwealth A Survey Of Commercial Industrial And Social History From The Tudor Period To Recent Times 1921 Classic Reprint

Author : R. Coupland
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ISBN 13 : 9781331233367
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book The Study of the British Commonwealth written by R. Coupland and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Study of the British Commonwealth: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 19 November, 1921 But any such fears were quickly laid to rest by the first appointment to the Chair. Professor Egerton, beyond dispute, possesses a more thorough knowledge of Colonial History than any living man; and the wide learning, the lucid exposition, the scholarly judgement of his lectures and his writings soon proved - if proof indeed were needed - that the American Revolution, for example, was at least as fit and profitable a field for scientific study as the Revolution of 1688, and that political lessons could be learned from the development of self-government in the Dominions as well as in the Mother-country. And may I here declare, on behalf of many students known to me and not least of myself, the debt of gratitude we owe Professor Egerton for the instant sympathy and patient guidance he has given in such full measure to all who shared his own deep interest in the subject? It is a great gain not only to his successor, who means to go on drawing, if he may, on that never-failing store of knowledge and of friendship, but for the study of History throughout the University that his resignation has not meant his departure from Oxford. The dread of this unhappy hour might well, indeed, have been my reason for postponing it for a year from the date of my appointment. 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.