The Old National Road
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Hulbert, Archer Butler) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Old National Road: A Chapter of American Expansion Where has history gone that we cannot read the record in highways she has made? The story of the pyramids - is it not suggested in the remnants of those massy causeways built from the quarries to the Nile? Those faint white lines converging on Mecca - that wandering, zig-zag trace from Egypt to the Promised Land, how much of history do they suggest! Roads have been typical of the civilizations which built them. The traveler entering the city of Nazareth traverses a Roman road which has been used since the beginning of the Christian era. Every line is typical of Rome; every great block of stone speaks of Roman power and Roman will. And ancient roads come down from the Roman standard in a descending scale, even as the strength and durability of their civilizations. And so what stories of their own do the great routes of trade and conquest tell, whether it be the wandering course of Ten Thousand Immortals, a herculean leap over the Alps, a caravan route along the Oxus to India, or a blundering Braddock´s road hewn into the Allegheny forests! Now, these stories are largely stories of needs. And, in a general way, the greater need the better the road. This is illustrated by the very brute creation in our primeval forests. The bear´s food, for instance, was all about him in forest and bush. He made no thoroughfares, for he needed none. 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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