The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain

The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain

Publisher Description

It is a history book. he present age has rewritten the annals of the world, and set its own impress on the traditions of humanity. In no period has the burden of the past weighed so heavily upon the present, or the interpretation of its speculative import troubled the heart so profoundly, so intimately, so monotonously. How remote we stand from the times when Raleigh could sit down in the Tower, and with less anxiety about his documents, State records, or stone monuments than would now be imperative in compiling the history of a county, proceed to write the History of the World! And in speculation it is the Tale, the fabula, the procession of impressive incidents and personages, which enthralls him, and with perfect fitness he closes his work with the noblest Invocation to Death that literature possesses. But beneath the variety or pathos of the Tale the present age ever apprehends a deeper meaning, or is oppressed by a sense of mystery, of wonder, or of sorrow unrevealed, which defies tears.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
1913
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
285
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SELLER
Public Domain
SIZE
295.5
KB

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