| John Foster, William Wallace Everts - 1849 - 344 Seiten
...have extended to our times, and are felt in this remote part of the globe. A quaint writer has said, " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom but the history of what great men have done in it." Republics, no less than monarchies, have been regulated... | |
| 1849 - 1428 Seiten
...— another " Force °f Nature" — comes forth to destroy the old and to found a new dispensation. ' Universal History, the History of what man has accomplished in this world, is at ottoro the History of the Great Men who have worked here. These were the leader* of men, these great... | |
| 1855 - 494 Seiten
...be regarded as the world's gallery of great men, for, as Thomas Carlyle remarks, " Universal history is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here." All nations, whether ancient or modern, have had their great men ; and whatever period of time is studied,... | |
| 1905 - 880 Seiten
...spirits behind the great man that through him makes and marks epochs. "Universal history," says Carlyle, "the history of what man has accomplished in this...bottom the history of the great men who have worked there." And Newman unwittingly completes Carlyle's thought: "A few highly endowed men will redeem the... | |
| 1860 - 788 Seiten
...at large progress from barbarism to civilization. Carlyle lias, in the main, justly observed, that "universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is, at bottom, the history ot the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones, the modelers,... | |
| 1860 - 796 Seiten
...the history of what man has accomplished in this «nrlcl, is, at bottom, the history ol tlie créât men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones, the modelers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men have contrived... | |
| Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper - 1863 - 1062 Seiten
...oneindig meer mcnschenkennis dan CARLTLE ; deze daarentegen heeft veel hoogere en diepere gedachten. "Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...bottom the history of the Great Men, who have "worked hcre." Inzonderheid in de wijsbegeerte der geschiedenis van vico wordt op het gewigt der heroe'n gewezen,... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 Seiten
...histoire * . » Quels qu'ils soient, poetes, réformateurs, écrivains, hommes 1. OnHeroes, 1.1, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished...in this world is at bottom the history of the great mon who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns,... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 206 Seiten
...thcy werc the leaders ofmen, these great onrs; Ihe modellcrs, pat'erns, and in a wide sense creatoi s, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain ; all things thal we see stauding accornplished in Ihe world are properly the outer mataria'! resuit, the p'actical... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 Seiten
...réformateurs, écrivains, hommes 1. On Heroes, 1. 1, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man bas accomplished in this world is at bottom the history of the great mon who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns,... | |
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