Mr. Wells as Historian

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Excerpt from Mr. Wells as Historian: An Inquiry Into Those Parts of Mr. H. G. Wells' Outline of History Which Deal With Greece and RomeGreek history for the next forty years after Plataea and Mycale is a. Story of comparative peace and tran quillity. There were wars, but they were not intense wars. For a little while in Athens, for a section of the better sort, there was leisure and opportunity. And by a combination of accidents [these Mr. Wells does not further specify], and through the character of a small group of people, this leisure and Opportunity produced the most remarkable and memorable results. A beautiful literature was produced the plastic arts ¿ourished, and the foundations of modern science were laid.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.