Author : Arthur Robert Pennington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267486946
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (869 download)
Book Synopsis Preludes to the Reformation by : Arthur Robert Pennington
Download or read book Preludes to the Reformation written by Arthur Robert Pennington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Preludes to the Reformation: Or From Dark to Day in Europe The writer of the following work trusts that its title, 'preludes to the Reformation, ' expresses accurately its nature and object. In considering any great crisis in the world's history, we must look not only at the immediate causes of it, or the prominent actors in it, but we must also trace the preparations which have been made for it through the ages. These antecedents altogether elude the cursory attention given to them by a large proportion of the readers of history. The river rolls onward in its subterranean course; but they do not care to observe its windings, or the caverns through which it has passed, until it again bursts forth into the full blaze of day, and pours its fertilizing tide over a barren waste, so as to clothe it with rich vegetation. They admire the grandeur of the thunder-storm, but they do not consider the manner of the gradual formation Of the store Of electric forces which have caused it suddenly to roll down the valleys and to waken the echoes of the mountains. 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.