...one in whose work the character and spirit of an age are exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony ; the true historian shows us the court, the camp, the senate. He shows us also the nation. He considers...

...the effectiveness of the following admirably unified paragraph from Macaulay: The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to the truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination...

...description he finally proved himself almost the embodiment. He writes : ' " The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...those attractions which have been usurped by fiction ." Macaulay's avowed liking for scholastic education and delightful recollections even of school life,...

...command. He delineates any trait ; he can paint, and justly paint, any manners he chooses. ' [The] perfect historian,' he tells us, ' is he in whose...miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to^his^char1 Essay on ' History.' All the other quotations on the page are from the same source. acters,...

...following paragraph, for example, how carefully the writer keeps to his topic : The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to the truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination...

...and so are unified parts of the sentence The man whom you mention is my uncle. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. All this world, and all the glory of it, were at once offered to a young man, to whom nature had given...

...two successive paragraphs from each of our chosen essayists : FROM MACAULAY* "The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. *Essay on History. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those...

...is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. — David Starr Jordan. perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony «» By judicious selection, rejection and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have...

...is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. — David Starr Jordan. perfect historian is he 'in whose work the character and spirit of an...relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters.which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony »» By judicious selection, rejection...

...two successive paragraphs from each of our chosen essayists: FROM MACAULAY 1 The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates 1 Essay on History. no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters which is not authenticated...