PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

TOO SWIFT ARRIVES TOO TARDY AS TOO SLOW."

--Shakespeare.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PALERMO ;
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

ETC.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCXCIII

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