Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . school of the palace. Already theyare reading the annals of the past, ^end-ing polite messages to I Iaroun-al-Rashid, 382 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. and studying- the stars. Still further on,Godfrey and Raymond and Saint Louisgather their helmeted warriors and, un-der an ideal enthusiasm, would rescue thetomb of the Christ from barbarians andinfidels. Further on stands forth theFrench nation, breaking- the fett
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . school of the palace. Already theyare reading the annals of the past, ^end-ing polite messages to I Iaroun-al-Rashid, 382 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. and studying- the stars. Still further on,Godfrey and Raymond and Saint Louisgather their helmeted warriors and, un-der an ideal enthusiasm, would rescue thetomb of the Christ from barbarians andinfidels. Further on stands forth theFrench nation, breaking- the fetters offeudalism, rising- through the bloodiestof revolutions into a splendor and free-dom hitherto unknown among the peo-ples of the earth—Napoleon the Great, splendor of the Plantagenets; the greaterglory of Shakespeare and the bards; theestablishment of liberty by war; over-throw and rebuilding; emergence ; Eng-lish liberty ; the colonization of theworld; the triumph of letters and art. Everywhere the story is the and development, the first are laid; then comes con-quest, first of savagery and then of theforces of nature—the bending down of. TURKIC STAGES OF CIVILIZATION ILLUSTRATED-SKETCH FROM FORT LARAMIE. his conquering armies, victory, renown,the republic. In the oak woods of primeval Britainare the barbarian Saxons gathered aroundRise of the Sax- their chief s. They havebarrism(o°gebaatr- flllccl themselves with rawness- meats, coarse cheese, and fiery drinks, but they found their pettyslates — a heptarchy of come Egbert and Alfred and thefoundations of the immovable kingdom;the Conqueror; Chaucer; the mediaeval the tremendous energies of the materialworld to the purposes of human will andendeavor—the mastery of the earth andits fullness. All these are the verylaw, the fundamental method of humanexistence on the earth. These facts arepalpable. They are seen and are known and manifest; and in sofar as
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