. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. GEORGE BANCROFT,. FREEDOM in America, tlie NewWorld not only by later discovery,but also as the place of new experi-ments in social constitution andgovernment, the home of religiousliberty and the refus:e of theoppressed, found its enthusi-astic chronicler in GeorgeBancroft. He is not merelythe reciter of romantic talesof discovery, exploration andsettlement, but the sympa-thetic expositor of the demo-cratic ideas which have givena fresh impulse to human progress. Thoroughly trained forhis self-chosen task unde
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. GEORGE BANCROFT,. FREEDOM in America, tlie NewWorld not only by later discovery,but also as the place of new experi-ments in social constitution andgovernment, the home of religiousliberty and the refus:e of theoppressed, found its enthusi-astic chronicler in GeorgeBancroft. He is not merelythe reciter of romantic talesof discovery, exploration andsettlement, but the sympa-thetic expositor of the demo-cratic ideas which have givena fresh impulse to human progress. Thoroughly trained forhis self-chosen task under the most learned German professors,he retained throughout his long career the true Americanspirit. George Bancroft was born at Worcester, Massachusetts,October 3, 1800. His father, a Congregational minister, hadin youth fought at Bunker Hill. After graduating fromHarvard George studied at the Universities of Gottingen,Berlin and Heidelberg, under Heeren, Bunsen and Schlosser,and formed friendships with Schleiermacher, Savigny andother eminent men. Returning to America, he became a tutorat Harva
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