The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Webster, Hutton Robert

9781440068652: The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures (Classic Reprint)

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LECTURE I TENDENCY IN ENGLISH mSTORY IT is a favourite maxim of mine that history, whilo it should be ~cientifitL.i)~tJ.~_Dl~t.<;l, should p~ue e etical object. That is. it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present a.nd hi,s forecast of the future. Now if this maxim be sound, the history of England ought to end with something that might be called a moral Some large conclusion ought to arise out of it; it ought to exhibit the general tendency of English affairs in such a way as to set us thinking about the future and divining the destiny which is reserved for us. The more 80 because the part played by our country in the world certainly does not grow less prominent as history advances. Some countries, such as Holland and Sweden, might pardonably regard their history as in a. manner wound up. They were once great, but the conditions of their grea.tness ha.ve passed away. and they now hold a secondary place.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; COURSE I; LECTURE I; PAGE; TENDENCY IN ENGLISH HISTORY 1; LECTURE II; ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY � 20; LECTURE III; THE EMPIRE � � 44; LECTURE IV; THE OLD COLONIAL SYSTEM 66; LECTURE V; EFFECT OF THE NEW WORLD ON THE OLD 90; LECTURE VI; COMMERCE AND WAR 114; LECTURE VII; PHASES OF EXPANSION � 138; LECTURE VIII; SCHISM IN GREATER BRITAIN � 164

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First published in 1883, The Expansion of England examines the growth of the British Empire, which Seeley memorably says was acquired 'in a fit of absence of mind'. He believed that to keep its position of world influence, historical analysis must be the basis of present and future decisions.

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