Udvidet returret til d. 31. januar 2025

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists - Edward Augustus Freeman - Bog

Bag om Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Ladies and Gentlemen, -I have undertaken to speak to you this evening on what is called the Science of History. I fear it is a dry subject; and there seems, indeed, something incongruous in the very connection of such words as Science and History. It is as if we were to talk of the color of sound, or the longitude of the Rule-of-three. Where it is so difficult to make out the truth on the commonest disputed fact in matters passing under our very eyes, how can we talk of a science in things long past, which come to us only through books? It often seems to me as if History was like a child's box of letters, with which we can spell any word we please. We have only to pick out such letters as we want, arrange them as we like, and say nothing about those which do not suit our purpose

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781514310168
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 114
  • Udgivet:
  • 10. juni 2015
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x6 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 163 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 14. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

Beskrivelse af Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Ladies and Gentlemen, -I have undertaken to speak to you this evening on what is called the Science of History. I fear it is a dry subject; and there seems, indeed, something incongruous in the very connection of such words as Science and History. It is as if we were to talk of the color of sound, or the longitude of the Rule-of-three. Where it is so difficult to make out the truth on the commonest disputed fact in matters passing under our very eyes, how can we talk of a science in things long past, which come to us only through books? It often seems to me as if History was like a child's box of letters, with which we can spell any word we please. We have only to pick out such letters as we want, arrange them as we like, and say nothing about those which do not suit our purpose

Brugerbedømmelser af Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists



Find lignende bøger
Bogen Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists findes i følgende kategorier:

Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.