Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. 3: Being an Account of the Principal Events in the Career of the Human Race From the Beginnings of Civilization to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

Sinopsis

Excerpt from Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. 3: Being an Account of the Principal Events in the Career of the Human Race From the Beginnings of Civilization to the Present Time

It were long to say what limits of time and application are requisite for the completion of a task in History. In the preliminary study it is as though a traveler should ascend a mound to gain a clearer view of the horizon. Lo! The horizon recedes and widens as he climbs, and he at length perceives that there is no line at all! After this experience, so uncertain and so little satisfying, comes the actual work of construction, the painting of historical landscapes and their arrangement in the gallery so that the aggregate effect may be that of unity. Finally, perhaps, a period is reached, and the writer is able to survey his work. But how imperfect the whole ap pears! How feebly does it answer his hopesl How, to his eye at least, does the discrepancy seem emphasized between the glorious work that might have been and the paltry work that is.

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