Julius Klein
Published: 2018-01-14
Total Pages: 78
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Excerpt from The Making of the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, on February 2, 1848: The James Bryce Historical Prize Essay for 1905 History has been defined as a series of evolutionary pro cesses, - not a mere sequence of events, or a procession of happenings, of wars, of economic upheavals, and of exhibi tions of statecraft, but a series of processes, of constantly changing movements out of which arise the progress and civilization of man. The examination, therefore, of any particular period or event in this course of evolution at once raises the questions: How does it fit in with the great scheme of evolutionary movement - does it advance it or retard it? What is the effect of its coming upon the parti cular form of this movement in progress at the time the event occurred? Applying this to the subject at hand, our investigation will involve, in a word, the determination and study of the general tendency - or evolutionary process as we first called it - of which the treaty formed an element. It shall be our object to inquire into and point out the relationship exist ing between this vitally important document and the trend of the powerful undercurrent, the exact nature of which is to be determined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.