...— 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...the History of the Great Men who have worked here. These were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators,...

...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 been regulated...

...— 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,...

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...substance of the history of their age and generation. ' As I take it,' says he, in the opening discourse, ' universal history, the history of what man has accomplished...the 'history of the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and, in a wide sense, creators...

...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...

...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...the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators,...

...mankind 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,...

...mankind at large progress from barbarism to civilization. Carlyle has, in the main, justly observed, that " universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this «nrlcl, is, at bottom, the history ol tlie créât men who have worked here. They were the leaders...