The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical OutlookMacmillan, 1912 - Всего страниц: 266 |
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The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook James Harvey Robinson Полный просмотр - 1912 |
The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook James Harvey Robinson Полный просмотр - 1912 |
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Стр. 233 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their...
Стр. 48 - Busentinus, a small river that washes the walls of Consentia. The royal sepulchre, adorned with the splendid spoils and trophies of Rome, was constructed in the vacant bed ; the waters were then restored to their natural channel ; and the secret spot, where the remains of Alaric had been deposited, was forever concealed by the inhuman massacre of the prisoners, who had been employed to execute the work.
Стр. 34 - Il connaît la sagesse humaine, toujours courte par quelque endroit ; il l'éclaire, il étend ses vues, et puis il l'abandonne à ses ignorances ; il l'aveugle, il la précipite, il la confond par ellemême ; elle s'enveloppe, elle s'embarrasse dans ses propres subtilités, et ses précautions lui sont un piège.
Стр. 56 - In regard to nature, events apparently the most irregular and capricious have been explained, and have been shown to be in accordance with certain fixed and universal laws. This has been done because men of ability, and, above all, men of patient, untiring thought, have studied natural events with the view of discovering their regularity; and if human events were subjected to a similar treatment, we have every right to expect similar results.
Стр. 218 - The representatives of the French people, organized in national assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of the public miseries and of the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man...
Стр. 103 - For no man hath propounded to himself the general state of learning to be described and represented from age to age, as many have done the works of Nature and the State...
Стр. 234 - ... a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Стр. 220 - The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man; every citizen then can freely speak, write, and print, subject to responsibility for the abuse of this freedom in the cases determined by law.
Стр. 248 - At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.
Стр. 218 - The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.