Excerpt from A History of Macalester College: Its Origin, Struggle, and Growth My aim has been to present an accurate narra tive of the origin, struggle and growth of the college. I have kept in mind Ranke's rule that the historian must show how events came to pass, Wie es eigentlich gewesen ist, and not be a mere chronicler of events. I am aware, however, that the realization of such objective history is conditioned by the mental pecul iarities oi the writer, and that every narrative is really a description of events as ...
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Excerpt from A History of Macalester College: Its Origin, Struggle, and Growth My aim has been to present an accurate narra tive of the origin, struggle and growth of the college. I have kept in mind Ranke's rule that the historian must show how events came to pass, Wie es eigentlich gewesen ist, and not be a mere chronicler of events. I am aware, however, that the realization of such objective history is conditioned by the mental pecul iarities oi the writer, and that every narrative is really a description of events as seen through the mind of the historian. I offer this book to the pub lic realizing its imperfections, yet conscious that I have made an earnest endeavor to write an unbiased account. 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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