The Fall of Rome, and the Rise of the New Nationalities: A Series of Lectures on the Connection Between Ancient and Modern History (Classic Reprint) - Brossura

Sheppard, John George

 
9781333569648: The Fall of Rome, and the Rise of the New Nationalities: A Series of Lectures on the Connection Between Ancient and Modern History (Classic Reprint)

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AN important historical work is its own best introduction. This is not the case with books which are about history, rather than history itself. These require some explanation of their purpose and method, for they may deal with a matter in which the reader feels an interest, yet in a manner displeasing to his taste or foreign to his purposes as a. Stu dent. I shall therefore explain, in as few words as possible, what I have endeavoured to do in these Lectures, and why I have endeavoured to do it.

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