Masters of the Wilderness: A Study of the Hudson's Bay Company from Its Origin to Modern Times: A Paper Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, March 16, 1909 - Couverture souple

Ricca-Barberis, Mario; Reed, Charles Bert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1149615826 ISBN 13 : 9781149615829

Editeur : Nabu Press, 2010

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The most insistent fact in history is the struggle between man and Nature, or between man and man with Nature for the prize. Everywhere the puny human forces have dashed themselves with gallant idealism or reckless enthusiasm against the obduracy of primeval things. In America the effort has not been in vain nor devoid of dramatic interest. A myriad of industrial adventures have found success, and the papers herewith offered may possibly renew a flagging interest in the first phases of the comprehensive movement which now takes so conspicuous a part in our national life. History and story, it is said, are both narratives, but while history is regarded merely as a record, story stimulates the imagination. In truth history should stimulate more powerfully than fiction, for it concerns the ideals which have moved mankind. The greed of commerce, the greed of thought, the greed of faith, and the greed of love are alike masters of our destiny. If kindling the mind is the mark of literary excellence, then it belongs to the historian, as to the novelist, to present his subject so that events will appear, not only in due order, but with appropriate values and the necessary climax.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nabu Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1149615826
• ISBN 13: 9781149615829
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 46
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