Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375403214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375403214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358406058
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Languages : en
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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282422264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Excerpt from Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World, in a Series of Short Studies This little volume constitutes one num ber of the Christian Herald Library series. For I 896 - 97. The title indicates the scope and purpose of the work. Of heavy read ing the reader of to-day no doubt has a sufficiency. Of light reading, that straw and-chafl' literature that fills the air until the senses are confused with the whirlwind and dust of it, he has a suficiency also. Of that intermediate kind of reading which is. Neither so heavy with erudition as to weigh us down nor so light with the flying folly of prejudice as to make us distracted with its dust, there is perhaps too little. The thoughtful and improving passage for the unoccupied half hour of him who hurries through these closing years of the century does not abound, but is rather wanting in the intellectual provision of the age. 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.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World
Author: John Clark RidpathThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781725111509
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by John Clark Ridpath The eighteenth century went out with the French Directory, and the nineteenth came in with the Consulate. The coincidence of dates is not exact by a year and a month and twenty-one days. But history does not pay much attention to almanacs. In general our century arose with the French Consulate. The Consulate was the most conspicuous political fact of Europe in the year 1801; and the Consulate came in with Brumaire. "Brumaire" is one of the extraordinary names invented by the French Revolutionists. The word, according to Carlyle, means Fogarious-that is, Fog month. In the French Republican calendar, devised by the astronomer Romme, in 1792, Brumaire began on the twenty-second day of October and ended on the twentieth day of November. It remained for Brumaire, and the eighteenth day of Brumaire, of the year VIII, to extinguish the plural executive which the French democrats had created under the name of a Directory, and to substitute therefor the One Man that was coming. The Directory was a Council of Five. It was a sort of five-headed presidency; and each head was the head of a Jacobin. One of the heads was called Barras. One was called Carnot. Another was called Barthelemy. Another was Roger Ducos; another was the Abbé Sieyes. That was the greatest head of them all. The heads were much mixed, though the body was one. In such a body cross counsels were always uppermost, and there was a want of decision and force in the government. This condition of the Executive Department led to the deplorable reverses which overtook the French armies during the absence of General Bonaparte in Egypt. Thiers says that the Directorial Republic exhibited at this time a scene of distressing confusion. He adds: "The Directory gave up guillotining; it only transported. It ceased to force people to take assignats upon pain of death; but it paid nobody. Our soldiers, without arms and without bread, were beaten instead of being victorious." The ambition of Napoleon found in this situation a fitting opportunity. The legislative branch of the government consisted of a Senate, or Council of Ancients, and a Council of Five Hundred. The latter constituted the popular branch. Of this body Lucien Bonaparte, brother of the general, was president. Hardly had Napoleon arrived in the capital on his return from Egypt when a conspiracy was formed by him with Sieyes, Lucien and others of revolutionary disposition, to do away by a coup with the too democratic system, and to replace it with a stronger and more centralized order. The Council of Ancients was to be brought around by the influence of Sieyes. To Lucien Bonaparte the more difficult task was assigned of controlling and revolutionizing the Assembly. As for Napoleon, Sieyes procured for him the command of the military forces of Paris; and by another decree the sittings of the two legislative bodies were transferred to St. Cloud. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
The New Nationalism
Author: Theodore RooseveltPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019297476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Historical Calculations, based upon past events in the history of the world, showing that the progressive development of the principles of human action, and the leading events in the history of churches and nations, have been regulated by fixed laws. ... Compiled ... from a work entitled, “The Mystery of God finished”: published in September, 1850
Author: National Life and Character
Author: Charles Henry PearsonPublisher:
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Category : Moral conditions
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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