 | 1854 - 534 pages
...substance of the history of their age and generation. ' As I take it,' says he, in the opening discourse, ' universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the 'history of the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great... | |
 | American essays - 1905 - 880 pages
...spirits behind the great man that through him makes and marks epochs. "Universal history," says Carlyle, "the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked there." And Newman unwittingly completes Carlyle's... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1858 - 412 pages
...present. A large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great... | |
 | Commerce - 1860 - 788 pages
...at large progress from barbarism to civilization. Carlyle lias, in the main, justly observed, that "universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is, at bottom, the history ot the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great... | |
 | Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper - Bibliography - 1863 - 1062 pages
...oneindig meer mcnschenkennis dan CARLTLE ; deze daarentegen heeft veel hoogere en diepere gedachten. "Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished "in this world, is at bottom the history of the Great Men, who have "worked hcre." Inzonderheid in de wijsbegeerte der geschiedenis... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1864 - 514 pages
...histoire * . » Quels qu'ils soient, poetes, réformateurs, écrivains, hommes 1. OnHeroes, 1.1, p. 71. 2. Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world is at bottom the history of the great mon who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 44 pages
...from that which is given in this country. As historian, Carlyle is essentially a hero-worshipper. " Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here." " The works of a man, bury them under what... | |
 | William Pratt Breed - Church and state - 1869 - 488 pages
...themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did. For, as I take it, universal history — the history of what man has...in this world — is, at the bottom, the history of great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Hero worship - 1869 - 328 pages
...A .large topic ; indeed, an illimitable one ; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great... | |
 | 1901 - 1110 pages
...philosopher. The former sees men and their actions, the latter law and its operations. To Thomas Carlyle " Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here." To John William Draper, on the other hand,... | |
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Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. 
