ISBN: 9781458807786

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916. Excerpt: ... THE CLASSICS AGAIN A Dialogue Concerning The Loeb Classical Library 1 Brown, a historian. Jones, a clergyman. Robinson, a dilettante Scene, Brown''s apartment Brown; enter Jones Brown.--How d'' do, Jones, delighted to see you. I hope that you are very well. Jones.--Very well, my dear boy, and you? How are you getting on with your work? Have you the German microscope under your eye? Are you putting the atomic theory to use in history? Enter Robinson Robinson.--How d'' do, how d'' do? How are you, parson? And how are you, Mommsen Gregorovius Macaulay? Brown.--I have been loafing lately. I felt the need of contrast, of looking about me a little at the actual world. If one does not turn away from dead records occasionally, one is in danger of forgetting that history professes to be a record of life. 1 The Loeb Classical Library. Edited by T. F. Page and W. H. D. Rouse. Jones.--Does it? If the histories that I see record life, the world has been horribly dull. All past generations of Germans must have been delighted to die. I dare say that history should be a record of life; it certainly should record enough of human experience to teach us, the living, what to do and what to let alone. History ought to be of service; that is its justification. Robinson.--Yes, service in a broad sense, that whatever adds an interest to life is serviceable. I don''t mean to correct you, mon vieux, but I am afraid you are tarred with the notion of a moral interpretation of history. Jones.--You can''t avoid the moral interpretation of history, mon cher, unless you are willing to eliminate from our lives metaphysics, ethics, relig--Robinson.--Gladly, gladly! Brown.--Have a cigar? They take cigars and light them Jones picking up a book,--Hullo! You, too, have got the Loeb Classical Librar... Henry Dwight Sedgwick, Books, History, An Apology For Old Maids; And Other Essays Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: The Macmillan company in 1916 in 253 pages; Subjects: American essays; Humor / Form / Essays; Literary Collections / Essays;<

ISBN: 9781458807786

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916. Excerpt: ... THE CLASSICS AGAIN A Dialogue Concerning The Loeb Classical Library 1 Brown, a historian. Jones, a clergyman. Robinson, a dilettante Scene, Brown''s apartment Brown; enter Jones Brown.--How d'' do, Jones, delighted to see you. I hope that you are very well. Jones.--Very well, my dear boy, and you? How are you getting on with your work? Have you the German microscope under your eye? Are you putting the atomic theory to use in history? Enter Robinson Robinson.--How d'' do, how d'' do? How are you, parson? And how are you, Mommsen Gregorovius Macaulay? Brown.--I have been loafing lately. I felt the need of contrast, of looking about me a little at the actual world. If one does not turn away from dead records occasionally, one is in danger of forgetting that history professes to be a record of life. 1 The Loeb Classical Library. Edited by T. F. Page and W. H. D. Rouse. Jones.--Does it? If the histories that I see record life, the world has been horribly dull. All past generations of Germans must have been delighted to die. I dare say that history should be a record of life; it certainly should record enough of human experience to teach us, the living, what to do and what to let alone. History ought to be of service; that is its justification. Robinson.--Yes, service in a broad sense, that whatever adds an interest to life is serviceable. I don''t mean to correct you, mon vieux, but I am afraid you are tarred with the notion of a moral interpretation of history. Jones.--You can''t avoid the moral interpretation of history, mon cher, unless you are willing to eliminate from our lives metaphysics, ethics, relig--Robinson.--Gladly, gladly! Brown.--Have a cigar? They take cigars and light them Jones picking up a book,--Hullo! You, too, have got the Loeb Classical Librar... Henry Dwight Sedgwick, Books, History, An Apology For Old Maids; And Other Essays Books>History, General Books LLC<