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The Masonic Book Club, Vol. 16A: Modern Historical Characters in Freemasonry

The Masonic Book Club, Vol. 16A: Modern Historical Characters in Freemasonry

Van Gorden, John H.

Paperback

Historical FiguresSecret SocietiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1637235879
ISBN13: 9781637235874
Publisher: Westphalia Press
Published: Apr 27 2026
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Emerson exaggerated, but his statement contained a large measure of truth. Biography constitutes a major, vital element in the study of history, dealing, as it does, with an examination of the lives of individuals. History is the narrative of the human race or of groups within the human race. It is usually regarded as the collective record of the race and its constituent groups, because most of the individuals comprising the group influence history-if at all-collectively, with each playing only a minor, supporting and, often, passive role. The individuals are submerged in the mass. A few individuals, however, influence events through actions and expressed thoughts that give them a notable identity and cause them to be remembered. They have influenced the course of human actions and circumstances as individuals rather than as an anonymous part of a collective whole. It is their biographies that constitute the most important element of history and give Emerson's statement a large degree of validity.

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