Bradshaw's Journal
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150431876
Paperback|9781150431876
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... MEMOIR OF SPENCER T. HALL, THE SHERWOOD FORESTER. One of the greatest defects that mars the history of all times is its neglect to transmit to successive generations faithful records of the actions and character of those humhle yet energetic minds who as surely stamp the features of their age as its heroes and statesmen--those unseen labourers in the mine of progressive civilization and intellectual improvement, who are content to leave to futurity the reward of their toils, and seek not to secure the transient plaudits of the passing day. Our annals of the past, with but few exceptions, presentjonly a series of vivid narratives of the rise and fall of nations--of battles lost and won--of the perfidy of kings--the usurpation of subjects--deeds of chivalry--intrigues of courts--and the glories of heroism, whilst the history of the people--and especially of the progress of intellect and the growth of mind, as shadowed forth in the unostentatious conquerors over ignorance, superstition, and crime, is either totally overlooked, or so represented as to offer the meagre outlines of a picture which every one is left to fill up as his imagination or his prejudices may dictate. Hence it is, that whilst the valour of Grecian warriors, and the exploits of Roman victors, are handed down to us in all the minuteness of detail which characterises individual biography, the narrative of facts and events illustrative of the lives of contemporary poets, historians, and philosophers is so obscure and unsatisfactory, as to induce us, in some instances, to question even their existence, in others to speculate on the veracity of the details, and in all to deplore the corrupt spirit of those days, in which nothing was deemed worthy of perpetuity but the...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150431876 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150431873 |
| Weight | 1.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.31 In |
| List Price | $39.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 590 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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