Excerpt from A History of Latin Literature Literature, more than anything else, clearly reflects the intellectual, social, political, and religious condition of a nation; and, if the complete literature of any ancient people were preserved, we should be enabled to form as clear and distinct an idea of its whole life, and its mode of acting and thinking, as of any modern nation with which we are in constant intercourse. But as literature is the reflex and the natural outcome of a nation's life, a knowledge Of ...
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Excerpt from A History of Latin Literature Literature, more than anything else, clearly reflects the intellectual, social, political, and religious condition of a nation; and, if the complete literature of any ancient people were preserved, we should be enabled to form as clear and distinct an idea of its whole life, and its mode of acting and thinking, as of any modern nation with which we are in constant intercourse. But as literature is the reflex and the natural outcome of a nation's life, a knowledge Of its political and social history is of the utmost importance if we wish fully to understand and appreciate its literature. We may indeed form some idea Of a man from the manner in which he speaks or writes, but our judgment and estimate of him by this means alone cannot be as correct and just as it will be if we are acquainted with the history and circum stances of his life. In like manner the history of a nation affords the best help to understand and appreciate its litera ture. Nay, even the geographical position and the climate of a country exercises an undeniable influence on its lan guage and literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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