The Modern World (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Modern WorldNecessary, of course, to allude to the salient or turn ing points of general history, and to the memorable events of all times and places which have contri buted to the development of the nations that exist, but it will be necessary, at the same time, to shorten the pictures by abridgment, and to omit not only events and deeds of secondary importance, but also all the unnecessary appendages appertaining to deeds of primary magnitude. The multitude of facts to pick from is immense but we must not get entangled among them. We want those particulars only that elucidate the dependence of the different countries on each other, and account for their pres ent relative positions. The history of England is, or ought to be, familiar to all our readers, and no regular narration of events appertaining to it will therefore be attempted. But some cursory allusion to the principal events of other countries must be made, Since the English reader generally is not very conversant with them.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.