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Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay - Page 112
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 395 pages
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The Story of the Negro Retold

Carter Godwin Woodson, Charles Harris Wesley - African Americans - 1959 - 494 pages

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Renaissance to Revolution: The Rise of the Free State, Lectures on Modern ...

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton - History, Modern - 1961 - 392 pages

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The Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association

South Carolina Historical Association - South Carolina - 1962 - 270 pages

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The Strategy of Sea Power: Its Development and Application. Based on the ...

Stephen Wentworth Roskill - Great Britain - 1962 - 296 pages

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President's Maritime Program: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First ..., Part 2

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine - Merchant marine - 1970 - 746 pages

...the mere dross of History. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its value." If History be Philosophy teaching by example, her lessons are wasted if principles of conduct...

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