...from that which is given in this country. As historian, Carlyle is essentially a hero-worshipper. " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished...the history of the great men who have worked here." " The works of a man, bury them under what guano mountains and obscene owl-droppings yon will, do not...

...has accomplished in this world ie at bottom the history of the great men who have worked'here, and they were the leaders of men, these great ones, the modellers, patterns, and, in a wide sense, the creators of whatsoever the general mass of men contrive to do or to attain ; all things that we...

...A .large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or toattainj all things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outer material...

...poètes, réformateurs, 1. On Heroes, t. I, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man bas accomplished in this world is at bottom the history...general mass of men contrived to do or to attain; ail things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outer mateécrivains, hommes...

...themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did. For, as I take it, universal history — the history of what man has accomplished in this world — is, at the bottom, the history of great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great...

...philosopher. The former sees men and their actions, the latter law and its operations. To Thomas Carlyle " Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...the History of the Great Men who have worked here." To John William Draper, on the other hand, the great events of history come upon us in an unavoidable...

...present. A large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contiived to do or to attain ; all things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly...

...poetical tints, optics affirm only law-abiding transformations. § 4. — CONCEPTION OF HISTORY. I. ' Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...the Great Men who have worked here. They were the 1 See this double praise in W.dhdm Meiater. leaders of men, these groat ones ; the modellers patterns,...

...poetical tints, optics affirm only law-abiding transformations. § 4. — CONCEPTION OF HISTORY. I. ' Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...the Great Men who have worked here. They were the 1 See this double praise in WUhdm Mcitter. leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns,...

...affirm only law-abiding transformations. § 4. — CONCEPTION OF HISTORY. I. ' Universal History, th« history of what man has accomplished in this world,...the Great Men who have worked here. They were the 1 See this double praise in Wilhdm Meiater. leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers patterns,...