Excerpt from Late Secession From the Church of Scotland But if distance be necessary for the gravity of the historian, it is not so needful to the lighter work of the annalist. There are opportunities of information there are facilities of reference - there are living men, and facts fortunately not yet dead, not unworthy of notice. Would it not be wrong to allow these to pass away unchronicled; or to be hurried prematurely to their grave, and buried out of sight? The)? Are the life of history, as they are the food of ...
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Excerpt from Late Secession From the Church of Scotland But if distance be necessary for the gravity of the historian, it is not so needful to the lighter work of the annalist. There are opportunities of information there are facilities of reference - there are living men, and facts fortunately not yet dead, not unworthy of notice. Would it not be wrong to allow these to pass away unchronicled; or to be hurried prematurely to their grave, and buried out of sight? The)? Are the life of history, as they are the food of philosophy; and no one who values the prevalence of truth over error. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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