 | James Mercer Garnett - 1899 - 728 str.
...die too soon to see the end of many things. History supplies both these defects. Modern history shews the causes, when experience presents the effects alone...When the revolution of one thousand six hundred and eighty• eight happened, few men then alive, I suppose, went farther in their search after the causes... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1913 - 702 str.
...late to see the beginning and we die too soon to see the end of many things. History supplies both of these defects : modern history shows the causes when...effects when experience presents the causes alone." — Bolingbroke, AMERICAN HISTORY. WHAT TO LEARN FROM THE HISTORY EXHIBIT. To us, "Citizens of the... | |
 | Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission - 1910 - 864 str.
...late to see the beginning and we die too soon to see the end of many things. History supplies both of these defects : modern history shows the causes when...effects when experience presents the causes alone." — Bolingbroke. INTRODUCTION. As a part of the Hudson-Fulton celebration, it was planned that some... | |
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Modern history shows the causes, when experience presents the effects alone: and ancient history enables us to guess at the effects, when experience presents the causes alone. Let me explain my meaning by two examples of these kinds; one past, the other... 
