The man who begins to study history finds an almost infinite panorama opening to him. He will find himself taking an interest in battles fought long ago, civil contests long since concluded, and he will find in these battles and contests much that will help .him to form his judgment on the events of his own day. No doubt these things seem very commonplace, but commonplaces very often represent forgotten truths. How many youths read history at all, even in a most casual manner F How many put their histories away with their school books, and never again reopen them ? Ifet the is more fine drama, more real romance in history than in the works of the greatest dramatists and novelists ; and besides this there is the sort of knowledge which steadies the mind and gives soliditity and coherence to views about human life. Gibbon, Froude, Carlyle, Macaulay, Green, Bryce—these are indespensable books in a young man’s library.—Dawson.
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Southern Cross, Volume 8, Issue 30, 10 November 1900, Page 12
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