...CHILDREN AMERICA—The Great Adventure, by George Philip Krapp. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Pp. 406. "Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interprets them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole...

...great master of word painting, but that he lacked these other essentials. Macaulay tells us that facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them and lies latent amongst them like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value. No past event has any intrinsic...

...done little more than to make history a register of the crimes and misfortunes of mankind. " Facts are mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth...which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among men, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value. The precious particles are generally...

...who docs not explain the phenomena as well as state them, performs only one half of his office. Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract...the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty. Here Thucydides is deficient : The deficiency, indeed, is not discreditable to him. It was the inevitable...

...culture. We have learned to judge and to value events in their relation to ideas. "Facts," wrote Macauley, "are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract...them like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its value.' n In consequence of the shifting of historical interest from facts to ideas, the history of...

...experience and stake his future on the off-chance. But a government cannot. "Facts," wrote Macaulay, "are the mere dross of History. It is from the abstract...them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its value." If History be Philosophy teaching by example, her lessons are wasted if principles of conduct...

...experience and stake his future on the off-chance. But a government cannot. "Pacts," wrote Macaulay, "are the mere dross of History. It is from the abstract...them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its value." If History be Philosophy teaching by example, her lessons are wasted if principles of conduct...

...experience and stake his future on the off-chance. But a government cannot. "Facts," wrote Macaulay, "are the mere dross of History. It is from the abstract...them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its value." If History be Philosophy teaching by example, her lessons are wasted if principles of conduct...

...history has an underlying inevitable meaning which has to be discovered. In "History" he writes: Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract...which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among then, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value: and the precious panicles are generally...

...who does not explain the phenomena as well as state them, performs only one half of his office. Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract...in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value" (nd:76). Since Macaulay's day, other historians have voiced similar views. "To me," wrote Carl Becker,...