On the Rational Ideal of the World Historian
“The desire to be free from all prejudice in the judgment of historical facts is, then, the keynote of all our philosophy of historical...
What manner of man is this Puritan?
Today I have been reading through an assortment of Puritan primary documents, including the Mayflower Compact and an assortment of...
On the Changing Nature of Histories
“Each generation abandons the ideas of its predecessors like stranded ships.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson “A goodly number of works which were...
Waiting for a Superman Who Sent His Children to Private School
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles cross...
Sir Walter Raleigh – First World History of the Modern Period
“The best guide to the historic point of view of the generations which ushered in…the modern period is furnished by History of the World...
The Library of Diodorus the Sicilian – The First True World History
“Of the works of this class – World Histories proper – the oldest one that has come down to us is at the same time probably the most...
