 Jordan. perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony «» By judicious selection,...  The Southern literary messenger - Página 2391858Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - 1913 - 244 páginas
...joining paragraphs. Here are two successive paragraphs from each of our chosen essayists : FROM MACAULAY* "The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. *Essay on History. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1916 - 824 páginas
...the soul of the man was sublime in its qualities — worldwide in its influence. THOMAS B. MACAULAY The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of the age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters,... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 páginas
...love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. — David Starr Jordan. perfect historian is he in whose work the character...which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony «» By judicious selection, rejection and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 páginas
...love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. — David Starr Jordan. perfect historian is he 'in whose work the character...relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters.which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony »» By judicious selection, rejection... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - 1924 - 238 páginas
...joining paragraphs. Here are two successive paragraphs from each of our chosen essayists: FROM MACAULAY 1 The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates 1 Essay on History. no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters which is not authenticated... | |
 | William Henry Crawshaw - 1924 - 606 páginas
...this theory into brilliant practice, he wrote history as it had never been written before. He says, "The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature." It was this that he aimed at and in large measure attained. As mere history, it is open to the charge... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1928 - 392 páginas
...sublime in its qualities — worldwide in its influence. 170 THOMAS B. MACAULAY THOMAS B. MACAULAY The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of the age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters,... | |
 | George Coes Howell - 1928 - 266 páginas
...GOOD MEN AND TRUE 153 XIV. DANGER 162 XV. WHAT HOPE? 174 APPENDIX A 189 APPENDIX B 191 ix FOREWORD The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of the age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no facts, he attributes no expression to his characters,... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1888 - 1118 páginas
...manner of man he is and what manner of thing he has got to work on and live on." Macaulay declares that the perfect historian is he in whose •work the character...and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar sayings as too insignificant for his notice,... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1912 - 422 páginas
...concurrent. Biography makes history interesting and impressing. It is as illustration to a heavy discourse. "The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. . . . He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice,... | |
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