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Excerpt from The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests, Vol. 1 of 4: Part the First; From the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East; Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts
In the view which I have taken of my subject, the ¿uctuation of public afi'airs, and the vicissi tudes of war and fortune, appear scarcely the most splendid, and surely not the most interest ing, portion of Grecian History. By genius and fancy, not less than by patriotism and prowess, the Greeks are honourably distinguished among the nations of the earth. By the Greeks, and by them alone, Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts, were treated as important concerns of state, and employed as powerful engines of policy. From their literary glory, not only their civil, but even their military transactions, derive their chief importance and dignity. To complete, therefore, my present undertaking, it seemed necessary to unite the history of arts with that of empire, and to combine with the external revolutions of war and government, the intellectual improvements of men, and the ever-varying picture of human Opinions and manners.
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