Lectures On the History of Literature Or the Successive Periods of European Culture
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seq. In Friedrieh Vol. I. p. 67. Carlyle men- tions Pytheaa as a Marseilles, commercial commissioner who first reported on Germany.
J Strabo describes Germany in Book VII. of his Oeography. The sen- tence in the text is not there. " Next after the Keltic nations come the Germans who inhabit the country to the east beyond the Ehine ; and these differ but little from the Keltic race, except in their being more fierce, of a larger stature, and more ruddy in countenance," VII. 1. § 2. tr.
Hamilton ...and Falconer.
112 EUEOPEAN LITEEATDEE [LECT.
what they had been doing from immemorial time, can never now be known. But it is clear that they were a race of men designed for great things; perhaps even the height of their destiny is not as yet attained. They became gradually known, as they came into contact with the Romans ; as the contact more and more increased, collision more and more in- creased, till at last the Empire itself was absorbed by them, and the dark anticipation* of Tacitus realised, that one day Rome would be destroyed by those barbarians.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
seq. In Friedrieh Vol. I. p. 67. Carlyle men- tions Pytheaa as a Marseilles, commercial commissioner who first reported on Germany.
J Strabo describes Germany in Book VII. of his Oeography. The sen- tence in the text is not there. " Next after the Keltic nations come the Germans who inhabit the country to the east beyond the Ehine ; and these differ but little from the Keltic race, except in their being more fierce, of a larger stature, and more ruddy in countenance," VII. 1. § 2. tr.
Hamilton ...and Falconer.
112 EUEOPEAN LITEEATDEE [LECT.
what they had been doing from immemorial time, can never now be known. But it is clear that they were a race of men designed for great things; perhaps even the height of their destiny is not as yet attained. They became gradually known, as they came into contact with the Romans ; as the contact more and more increased, collision more and more in- creased, till at last the Empire itself was absorbed by them, and the dark anticipation* of Tacitus realised, that one day Rome would be destroyed by those barbarians.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 to read onlineMoreLess
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