Historical Letters, Including a Brief but General View of the History of the World, Civil, Military and Religious, From the Earliest Times to the Year of Our Lord 1820 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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In a performance of this nature, nothing brilliant is to be expected from an author. The histories of past times are built one upon another. Different ar rangements of words may rectify or pervert the cha~ rueter of events, but they cannot alter truth. Lan guage is the atmosphere of ideas, and it may be clouded by dulness or purified by perspicuity yet theinarrator of facts who builds his fame on a mode of expression, and not on his veracity, will find his historical reputation as short lived as the fashion of a prevailing style. The object ought to be so to re present things as to make them appear in their genu ine form, easy of perception, and unembarrassed with too much description. Whoever does this best, is the best writer.
These observations have been made to apprize you that no credit is claimed for the literary composition of these Letters. If they are constructed with judg ment, and are susceptible of a clear comprehension, my ambition, in that respect, will be gratified.
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