 But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture of the events which have happened, and of the like events which may be expected to happen hereafter in the order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall...  Scribner's Magazine ... - Сторінка 7301909Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Thucydides - 1881 - 758 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. The greatest achievement of former times was the 23. Persian War ; yet even this was speedily decided... | |
 | Thucydides - 1883 - 732 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. The greatest achievement of former times was the 23. Persian War ; yet even this was speedily decided... | |
 | John Stuart Verschoyle - 1889 - 324 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten" (Thucyd., i. 22). Thucydides is also a master of stern pathos, seen throughout his history, and especially... | |
 | Frank Byron Jevons - 1892 - 540 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what 1 have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten." l The object of Thucydides, then, was to give a strict and faithful account of facts. He had no preconceived... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1892 - 334 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. Themistocles once more. In retrospectively telling us of him, Thucydides, without expressly saying... | |
 | Arthur James Grant - 1893 - 366 стор.
...order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to lie useful, then I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten." He casts all aside that does not directly assist his attainment of his object. He conceives of only... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1894 - 504 стор.
...which he puts into the mouth of his favourite hero or claims for his own work ! ' My history,' he says, 'is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten.' ' We men of Athens know how to cultivate the mind without losing our manhood, and to create beauty... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1900 - 902 стор.
...the past as a key to the future, which in all human probability will repeat or resemble the pa.st. My history is an everlasting possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten." Diligence, accuracy, love of truth, and impartiality are merits commonly ascribed to Thucydides, and... | |
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