Masters of the Wilderness... - Couverture souple

Reed, Reed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1314975153 ISBN 13 : 9781314975154

Editeur : HardPress Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

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.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HardPress Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1314975153
• ISBN 13: 9781314975154
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible