Lectures on the History of the Middle Ages (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lectures on the History of the Middle Ages Wearethusabletogatherlessonswhichare not only important to the statesman, but for each ofusinoursocial, political, andevenreligious life. This is the view which Carlyle takes when hesays, History is the letter which theold generations write and posthumously transmit to the new, but he adds, Our letter of instruc tionscomestousinthe saddeststate, falsified, blotted out, torn, lost, and butashred ofitin existence, thistoo, sodi¿iculttoreadorspell. Unspeakably precious meanwhile is our shred of a letter such as we have it. Only he who under standswhat hehas canlmowwhat shouldbe and what will be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.