Christendom Anno Domini M D C C C C I, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Christendom Anno Domini M D C C C C I, Vol. 1: A Presentation of Christian Conditions and Activities in Every Country of the World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by More Than Sixty Competent Contributors Many years ago, Mr. James Anthony Froude, speaking at the Royal Institution upon the Science of History, affirmed: "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 and say nothing about those which do not suit our purpose." In the same vein Goethe makes Faust reply to the student who was growing enthusiastic about the spirit of past ages: "My friend, the times which are gone are a book with seven seals; and what you call the spirit of past ages is but the spirit of this or that worthy gentleman in whose mind those ages are reflected." These pessimistic estimates of the degree in which history is colored by the subjectivity of the historian are not incapable of verification. From time to time the historian appears to dwell in the shadow of his own prejudices, or unconsciously to interpret fact in the interest of theory. Nevertheless, none will deny the value of history, nor withhold gratitude from the narrator who sets forth in order the annals of the past. To estimate the relative strength of present day forces is even more difficult than to record truthfully the events of yesterday. Many elements contribute to this difficulty. Not the least of them is lack of perspective. The observer is immersed in his own foregrounds. He is a part of that he would describe. He cannot separate himself adequately from the object of his study, nor regard contemporary conditions with the judicial temper of the historian. Moreover, into the problem enters the element of limitation in the point of view. The annalist of the past is as one standing upon a great height; he commands the landscape in the large relation of its parts. Rational co-ordination at least is possible. 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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