Ten Great Events in History
Excerpt
Patriotism, or love of country, is one of the tests of nobility
of
character. No great man ever lived that was not a patriot in
the
highest and truest sense. From the earliest times, the
sentiment of
patriotism has been aroused in the hearts of men by the narrative
of
heroic deeds inspired by love of country and love of liberty.
This
truth furnishes the key to the arrangement and method of the
present
work. The ten epochs treated are those that have been
potential in
shaping subsequent events; and when men have struck blows for
human
liberty against odds and regardless of personal consequences.
The
simple narrative carries its own morals, and the most profitable
work
for the teacher will be to merely supplement the narrative so that
the
picture presented shall be all the more vivid. Moral
reflections are
wearisome and superfluous.
