 is a favorite 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...  Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society - Page 36by Cambridge Philological Society - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Robert Seeley - Great Britain - 1883 - 340 pages
...LECTURE VIII. RECAPITULATION 293 LECTURE I. TENDENCY IN ENGLISH HISTOIIY. IT is a favourite n¿axim of mine that history, while it should be scientific...history of England ought to end with something that might be called a moral. Some large conclusion ought to arise out of it; it ought to exhibit the general... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1884 - 666 pages
...her Colonies is always being attacked by the Liberal party. •“ History,” says Professor Seelcy, “while it should be scientific in its method, should...view of the present and his forecast of the future ;“ and again, “In history everything depends on turning narra.. tive into problems. . . . Now modern... | |
 | Religion - 1884 - 842 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.... | |
 | Religion - 1884 - 838 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.... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - History - 1884 - 152 pages
...eratehen.—Droyten." " The way to that which is general is through that which is special."— Yager. "It is a faTorite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object."—Seeley. "Das was heute Politik ist, gehort morgen der Geschichte an."—Droysen. " Learn... | |
 | Great Britain - 1885 - 932 pages
...book, which everybody has read, " 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 pursue a practical object—that is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his... | |
 | American periodicals - 1885 - 850 pages
...most opportune book, which everybody has read, “Tbe Expansion of England,” which opens thus: “It is a favorite maxim of mine that history, while it should be sci¿ entific in its method, should pursue a practical object — that is, it should not merely gratify... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1887 - 314 pages
...indifference like that which Mr. Morley professed at Birmingham. His book opens thus : — ' It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific...history of England ought to end with something that might be called a moral.' This, it must be admitted, is a large order. The task of the historian, as... | |
 | James Platt - Democracy - 1888 - 224 pages
...deeda men do fall; Like the diggers of a well, and like the builders of a wall.'" " 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... | |
 | England - 1890 - 932 pages
...sufficient. 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." 1 The annals of that English race which has " conquered and peopled half the world" are to the historians... | |
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