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Excerpt from Catechism of Universal History
History, which may be called the eye of retrospective knowledge, and the mirror reflecting past ages, is so essentially necessary in a system of liberal education, that it requires no apology for the following attempt, which is intended solely as an easy introduction to the various extensive works which have been published on this valuable science.
To furnish even a sketch of Universal History, within the limits prescribed, is as much as can be expected; and indeed was attended with more trouble than if ampler scope had been allowed. Compression is as difficult a task as any an author has to undergo; yet it is indispensable for tender minds, and for the use of schools in general; where much is to be learned, one branch of knowledge must not occupy a disproportionate space to the rest, nor exclude what may be thought of equal or superior importance.
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