Excerpt from Documents Illustrative of American History: With Introductions and References IN his inaugural lecture at Oxford, October, 1884, Prof. Freeman declared that the historical professor must ever bear in mind himself and ever strive to impress on the minds of others that the most ingenious and most eloquent of modern historical discourses can after all be nothing more than a comment on a text. A conviction of this truth was the incentive to this work. It is hoped that this presentation of a few of the more ...
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Excerpt from Documents Illustrative of American History: With Introductions and References IN his inaugural lecture at Oxford, October, 1884, Prof. Freeman declared that the historical professor must ever bear in mind himself and ever strive to impress on the minds of others that the most ingenious and most eloquent of modern historical discourses can after all be nothing more than a comment on a text. A conviction of this truth was the incentive to this work. It is hoped that this presentation of a few of the more important documents, the original authorities and sources of our history, may promote in some degree a more accu rate knowledge of American history. Should this hope be realized the editor will be well repaid. 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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