...purpose, and, if possible, to be like him in some similarity of nature ? " As I take it," says Carlyle, " Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have \T >rked here." So all absorbing seems in his philosophy...

...present. A large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great...

...Every original man is worthy of * For instance in the Lectures, page 1, and passim ' For, as I take it, universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked there.' 'notice — nay, in the long run, who and...

...assent to the doctrine which is thus eloquently laid down by one who has made heroes his study : " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom, the History GREAT MEN. 15 of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men,...

...did. " A large topic, indeed an illimitable one, wide F2 as Universal history ; for, as I take it, Universal history, — the history of what man has accomplished in this world, — is at bottom the history of great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men these great ones...

...says : — " I take it Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in the world is at bottom, the history of the great men who have worked here. All that we see accomplished in the world, is the realization of thoughts that dwell in great men. The...

...have extended to our times, and are felt in this remote part of the globe. A quaint writer has said, " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom but the history of what great men have done in it." Republics, no less than monarchies, have...

...present. A large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great...

...— another "Force of 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 bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. These were the leaders of men, these great...

...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,...