...— another " Force °f Nature" — comes forth to destroy the old and to found a new dispensation. ' Universal History, the History of what man has accomplished in this world, is at ottoro the History of the Great Men who have worked here. These were the leader* of men, these great...

...be regarded as the world's gallery of great men, for, as Thomas Carlyle remarks, " Universal history is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here." All nations, whether ancient or modern, have had their great men ; and whatever period of time is studied,...

...spirits behind the great man that through him makes and marks epochs. "Universal history," says Carlyle, "the history of what man has accomplished in this...bottom the history of the great men who have worked there." And Newman unwittingly completes Carlyle's thought: "A few highly endowed men will redeem the...

...at large progress from barbarism to civilization. Carlyle lias, in the main, justly observed, that "universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is, at bottom, the history ot the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones, the modelers,...

...oneindig meer mcnschenkennis dan CARLTLE ; deze daarentegen heeft veel hoogere en diepere gedachten. "Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...bottom the history of the Great Men, who have "worked hcre." Inzonderheid in de wijsbegeerte der geschiedenis van vico wordt op het gewigt der heroe'n gewezen,...

...histoire * . » Quels qu'ils soient, poetes, réformateurs, écrivains, hommes 1. OnHeroes, 1.1, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished...in this world is at bottom the history of the great mon who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns,...

...réformateurs, écrivains, hommes 1. On Heroes, 1. 1, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man bas accomplished in this world is at bottom the history of the great mon who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns,...

...from that which is given in this country. As historian, Carlyle is essentially a hero-worshipper. " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished...the history of the great men who have worked here." " The works of a man, bury them under what guano mountains and obscene owl-droppings yon will, do not...

...they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did. For, as I take it, universal history — the history...what man has accomplished in this world — is, at the bottom, the history of great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great...

...philosopher. The former sees men and their actions, the latter law and its operations. To Thomas Carlyle " Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...the History of the Great Men who have worked here." To John William Draper, on the other hand, the great events of history come upon us in an unavoidable...