A New Centennial History of the State of Kansas
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Tuttle, Charles R.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from A New Centennial History of the State of Kansas: Being a Full and Complete Civil, Political and Military History of the State, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time It cannot be hoped that any writer of to-day, attempting the task in one brief volume, will be able to condense the whole of the matter necessary for a History of Kansas from the days of the first settlement of the territory, long before the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, to the present time; but it is hoped and believed that by a careful collation of all known facts, and sometimes by the statement of even conflicting records, where the material for an authentic conclusion was not available, there is now offered to the reading public a work which will supply some of the wants of the day, and serve hereafter as a basis of practical value, for the preparation of more enduring literature. The genius of Buckle, Motley, Prescott and Froude, finds but few exponents in any age, but the patience, which as much as genius itself, makes the page sometimes valuable, historically considered, is more common, and just that quality it is hoped has found expression in the volume now presented to the state of Kansas, and the union. The writer has striven to avoid prejudice in preparing these sheets for the press, but every man is a partisan in some degree, and with his utmost efforts cannot prevent his constitutional leanings finding utterance in his written and spoken words, when his feelings as well as his judgment become interested. The central state of the union must, in the progress of time, become of immense importance in the economy of the nation, and may be the seat of empire; hence it is of some moment that every possible contribution toward its authentic history should be preserved in such form as will be best available toward constructing the philosophy of its development, when Chronos shall have ripened his fruit; and for the same reason it is to be desired that the writer should throw no unjustifiable animus into his narration. History should be for society and man, what the earth´s crust is for the æons of time that have elapsed since itj primary rocks were first solidified; a faithful presentation of every fact and feature, whose imprint could be made before the fugitive and protean matter had put on another semblance. The chronicler whose capacity may enable him to achieve a result so glorious will make a name greater than Herodotus aimed at, or Thucydides imagined; and tliere are approaches toward that degree of excellence among the writers now living, or just passing away. Such a design could not be fulfilled for Kansas, except in a rudimentary and incomplete way at the present era; but it is something to have helped in preparing the material for a great edifice, and to that extent the writer hopes he has attained a measure of success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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