On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history . THOMAS CARLYLE From the portrait by J. A. McNeill Whistler a^lie UitJcriStDe iLicerature Series; «-,-, \^^1 ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY BY THOMAS CARLYLE EDITED FOR STUDY BY JOHN CHESTER ADAMS, Ph. D. INSTEUCTOB IN ENGLISH IN YAXK UNIVEBSITY c. THE LIBRARY THEUWVERSm OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston : 4 Park Street; New York: 85 Fifth AvenaeChicago: 378-388 Wabash Avenue d)E fiiUEcjJiiJE prEjSjj Cambridge COFTIUGHT I9C7 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AXD RIGHTS RESERVED PREFATORY XOTE


On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history . THOMAS CARLYLE From the portrait by J. A. McNeill Whistler a^lie UitJcriStDe iLicerature Series; «-,-, \^^1 ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY BY THOMAS CARLYLE EDITED FOR STUDY BY JOHN CHESTER ADAMS, Ph. D. INSTEUCTOB IN ENGLISH IN YAXK UNIVEBSITY c. THE LIBRARY THEUWVERSm OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston : 4 Park Street; New York: 85 Fifth AvenaeChicago: 378-388 Wabash Avenue d)E fiiUEcjJiiJE prEjSjj Cambridge COFTIUGHT I9C7 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AXD RIGHTS RESERVED PREFATORY XOTE This edition of Heroes and Hero-Worship is in-tended for the beginner, not the experienced is important, therefore, that he should have all thetime available to study Carlyles thought and style,and be relieved of the need of hunting over diction-aries and encyclopedias for mere information. An at-tempt has been m^ade in the footnotes to supply suchmechanical apparatus as would be useful to a studentof the last years in the High School or of Freshmanor Sophomore year in college in gaining a verbalunderstanding of the text. The Additional Xotes contain suggestions for his more deliberate and care-ful study of Carlyles teaching. The editor has notfelt any obligation to stand over the author with a rod


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