Lanterna Rally

Author: Olive Armstrong

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780266584858

Excerpt from Edward Bruce's Invasion of Ireland The teaching of Matthew Arnold that history is above all things a moral lesson, has given it a more liberal place among the sciences and a wider influence in affairs. The day when history was a mere chronicle of events is past. Since then its interest has not been so much academic as political; it has become an element in forming future policy. This is its wider mission, and the reason why the moral lesson must be kept more constantly in view. As our reading broadens, it is increasingly easy to adjust our values. The moral lesson, of itself, rises supreme over every other, until the whole teaching of history gathers into one clear light that while men are brave and strive to be just, they prosper, but when they depart from these high standards, they fall into distress and wrong. Ireland has been peculiarly diligent in looking in her past to form her future. Her 'people have always cared greatly for their history. But, too often, the view they have been given has been insular and narrow. They have not seen the past as a broad moral light for the days ahead. Any other interpretation is not only unfruitful, but mischievous, as her history has shown, for the disunion and bitterness of to-day are the outcome of an interpretation which has missed the greatest issue. The first school of scientific inquiry arose in the fulness of Elizabethan days. Davies and Spenser. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.