Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint) written by Royal Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 9 And with a sinuous eloquence would touch For ever at that haven of the dead. Those who are prepared roundly to assert that Thucydides is a more philosophical historian than Herodotus, ought to have settled, in their own minds, the world-old debate as to how far and in what way a power higher than that of man interferes or does not interfere in human affairs; for that is after all the real distinction between the two. A belief in an over ruling Providence is the root-idea of the elder writer, although he is very far indeed from over-looking nearer and more obvious causes of things.' 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.