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Essays by the Late Mark Pattison (Volume 1); Sometime Rector of Lincoln College

Essays by the Late Mark Pattison (Volume 1); Sometime Rector of Lincoln College

Pattison, Mark

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ISBN10: 1150550295
ISBN13: 9781150550294
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.34 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Y OF TOURS (Christian Remembrancer, Vol. IX, 1845.) HETHER or no there be any perfect ideal of his- V V torical composition, the one best form of writing history for all ages and countries, if we look to experience, we find that in fact each age has ever had a fashion of its own, differing from that which preceded and followed it. We do not speak of writers contemporary with the events they write of. Such, even though the most jejune of annalists, must always have an interest independent of their form. But we speak of regular history, complete accounts of nations or countries, compiled in later times from books and records. Such history is a distinct species of composition, a work of art, having its own principles of taste to be guided and judged by. Such history, almost more than any other branch of literature, varies with the age that produces it. Contemporary history never dies; Thucydides and Clarendon are immortal; but, on the other hand, no reputation is so fleeting as that of the 'standard' historian of his day. A review of the historical literature of any nation will discover an endless series of decay and reproduction. The fate of the historian is like those of the dynasties he writes of; they spring up and flourish, and bear rule and seem established for ever; but time goes on, their strength 1 Michelet. History ofFrance. Part I. Translated by G. H. Smith, F.G.S. London: Whittaker. 1844. Thierry. Narratives of the Merovingian Era. Translated. London: Whittaker. 1844. VOL. I. B passes away, and at last some young and vigorous usurper comes and pushes them from their throne. * It is not because new facts are continually accumulating, because criticism is growing more rigid, or even because style varies; but because ideas change, the whole mode and manner...

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