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... material than with the decisive character of events . Thus it would be hard to say that the age of Diocletian and Constantine was of less significance in world history than the age of Augustus , but the material for the study of the ...
... material than with the decisive character of events . Thus it would be hard to say that the age of Diocletian and Constantine was of less significance in world history than the age of Augustus , but the material for the study of the ...
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... material available , at the highest level , for the history of events of which one has contemporary knowledge ; the greater the amount of material , the more insistent are one's doubts . Historians who have tasted this age of plenty do ...
... material available , at the highest level , for the history of events of which one has contemporary knowledge ; the greater the amount of material , the more insistent are one's doubts . Historians who have tasted this age of plenty do ...
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... material and assess its reliability , when he is without the immense , time- saving advantage of direct contemporary knowledge ? I am not suggesting that the study of history will come to a standstill ; if the intellectual quality of ...
... material and assess its reliability , when he is without the immense , time- saving advantage of direct contemporary knowledge ? I am not suggesting that the study of history will come to a standstill ; if the intellectual quality of ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian Lecture By A P dEntrèves | 23 |
MORAL PRINCIPLES AND INDUCTIVE POLICIES Philosophical | 51 |
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