. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. COMrUTATION OF TIMK—ANCIKNT SUNDIALS. fall of the curtain upon its tragedy. Allmonuments and memorials which appealmerely to the senses are attacked anddestroyed by time. The material pano-rama is indebted for its brief memoryand tradition to the upholding
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. COMrUTATION OF TIMK—ANCIKNT SUNDIALS. fall of the curtain upon its tragedy. Allmonuments and memorials which appealmerely to the senses are attacked anddestroyed by time. The material pano-rama is indebted for its brief memoryand tradition to the upholding record ofthought. But the mind of the race, as 240 GREAT RACES OF JMANKEXD. civil government ep-[;go among the ancients. ran riot well as the mind of the individual, whenonee it has risen to aseendeney, perishesnot, but rather survives Avith the succes-sive ages to Avhich it transmits itself instory or song, in epic or art. AVe should look in vain in the ancientworld for the fact of of true In an agc whcu the rankof the human raceran not over reason, wemight not reasonably expect that menwould be able to organize themselvesinto civil government on the principlesof a rational republican in modern times and the most en-lightened countries we have seen withwhat great difficulty the race has r
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