Historical Nuggets
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781151701039
Paperback|9781151701039
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1900 Excerpt: ... Ill JUDGMENTS OF GREAT LEADERS JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE III. JUDGMENTS OF GREAT LEADERS. By James Anthony Froude. How shall we consider those famous persons without whom neither poets could have sung, nor artists have produced images of beauty, nor men of science, and prophets, have taught truth and the obligations of conscience? School and Temple can only flourish where there is order and good government: and order and government, though they rise spontaneously in some form or other wherever human beings are collected together, yet have been shaped always, and reshaped and modified, by the intellectual superiority of determined and gifted individuals. To these rulers of mankind, to the men who have organized nations, made laws obeyed, and written their names in history, the consent of the world has given the title of great, or the greatest, because their actions have produced effects which it has been impossible to refuse to acknowledge, and have been on a scale and of a kind to impress the imagination and to command universal attention. But with the admission of their claim to be distinguished the consent generally ends; and the greatness allowed to them means no more than that they were exceptionally powerful. That certain persons have achieved power, and made their wills obeyed, is a fact not to be questioned; but whether their power has been for good or for evil, whether they were men to be admired for their virtues, or abhorred and execrated, as enemies of their kind, there is in most instances, and probably always will be, a serious difference of opinion. Cicero foretold truly that the character of Caesar would be disputed over to the end of time. Thus, while the chiefs of Art and Science sit honored on their thrones, without danger of further challenge, ..
| ISBN-13 | 9781151701039 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151701033 |
| Weight | 0.21 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.13 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 54 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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