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AT - ¦ * t * ;•* dition of past men an , d things . The writings of the dramatist anil of the novelist—however philosophical they may happen to be— -are not studied with a similar view . The mind of ilke community has not yet advanced to any ^ perceptiqix pf the importance of elemental truths , or menial faqts , which , though communicated through the medium of . iictitious persons and circumstances , may contain prinpiples of nature , the right knowledge whereof can alone enable
society to advance with any certitude of permanent benefit * — -and ! may even contain soine principles of transcendental perpetuity . Prom the mind of the historian , a series of facts of a different class , in some respects , and of the same class in others , is expected to proceed . The series
differs in being of a physical , rather than , a mental character , and in being composed of insulated fragment ^ , rather than general principles . The series is similar , lp bejn | j an account of varied and striking circumstances , fet ing u . p on men and things—with the additional requisition that all the statements shall have proof or
attestation that they actually occurred . Doubtless , all fictions constructed upon principles of nature , have actually occurred ; but history differs in this—they must be authenticated . For the study of history the public mind is sufficiently prepared , and the advantages derived from it are of incalculable benefit . It shows the crimes and errors of the past , and tracing the cause into the consequences , or the consequences back to the cause , offers a fine solid
groundwork of instruction for the conduct of future generations . A great historian is thus one of the greatest pronioters of national education . He ought not , therefore , to forget that as his office is so high , he incurs a commensurate responsibility ; and , being regarded as an oracle for all time , his words should never be traceable into a prejudicate and wilful perversion of authentic facts , either in themselves , or by confounding results with assumed , and therefore not authentic motives . R . H . H .
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fraE c practices' of Mr Jerdan , and the laughable status q f he journal he edites , are too generally known to require any nimairvefsion ; but a picked specimen presented now and then , Qay be amusing to the public , and not a little instructive to tttbors and publishers .
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250 Note on the Literary Gazette .
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NOTE ON THE < LITERARY GfAZETTE . '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/60/
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