Sources of History

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Excerpt from Sources of History: A Paper Read Before the German-American Historical Society of New York and the Pionier-Verein of Philadelphia Literary labor has of late years been largely devoted to history, and no subject offers more general interest, more attractive study, more fruitful results. From general history we have now passed to special fields of research, and in our own country the monumental work of Bancroft is the foundation from which the modest work of special students in local history takes its departure. From the extent and , cope of his great task, it was necessary that he should leave much for later students to glean and garner, yet all their labor and research have but confirmed the general truth and exactness of his History. The few instances in which he fell into error have been nearly all corrected in the last edition from his own unwearied and indefatigable hand, and in one or two noteworthy cases his defence and explanation fully confirmed the general impression and the accepted opinion that his History was a storehouse of exact truths, and that his one aim was to be absolutely accurate. 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.