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History as art and as science :Twin vistas on the past

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WHEN ONE first approaches the study of history, it does not look particularly forbidding. To judge by outside appearances, it is a tranquil business, pursued through the leisurely digestion of masses of books and documents. It may demand steady work, long hours, those qualities of scholarly doggedness which the Germans lump together under the ineffable word Sitz- fleisch. Its rewards may be slow in coming. It may seldom reveal a genius at the age of twenty. But over the long pull it seems safe and sure enough. It requires little prior prepara- tion, no specialized vocabulary or knowledge of mathematics. At its learned gatherings, the amateur scholar finds himself quite at home. Little wonder that in undergraduate programs history figures along with English literature as the favorite study of those whose intellectual interests are still unfixed; even Henry Adams in a moment of characteristic self-denigra- tion could refer to the mental indolence" of his chosen pur- suits.rn"

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901 Hug h

Publisher

London : The University of Chicago Press., 1975

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v, pages 89

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0226359166

Classification

901

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Subject(s)

HISTORY

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