 It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object — that is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast...  Annual Register - Page 10edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1884 - 844 pages
...without politics no history." Hence he contends that history should be " scientific in its method," but "should pursue a practical object. That is it should...view of the present, and his forecast of the future " (p. 1). And again : " ... it is with the rise and development of states that history deals " (p.... | |
 | Sir John Robert Seeley - Great Britain - 1883 - 340 pages
...RECAPITULATION 293 LECTURE I. TENDENCY IN ENGLISH HISTORY. IT is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - History - 1884 - 644 pages
...general is through that which is special." — Yager. "It is a favorite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object." — Seelty. "Das was heute Politik ist, gchOrt morgen der Geschichte an."— Broken. " Learn the Past... | |
 | American periodicals - 1885 - 850 pages
...has read, "The Expansion of England," which opens thus: "It is a favorite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
 | Great Britain - 1885 - 932 pages
..." The Expansion of England," which opens thus : — " It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1885 - 942 pages
...The Expansion of England," ' which opens thus : — " It is a favorite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1887 - 314 pages
...professed at Birmingham. His book opens thus : — ' It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1887 - 312 pages
...professed at Birmingham. His book opens thus : — 'It is a favourite ' maxim of mine that history, while it should ' be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his ' forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim ' be sound, the history of England ought to ' end with something that might be called... | |
 | England - 1890 - 932 pages
...suflicient. History must do more than " merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past. It must modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future." l The annals of that English race which has " conquered and peopled half the world " are to the historians... | |
 | AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891 - 350 pages
...professed at Birmingham. His book opens thus : — ' It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future. Now, if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called... | |
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