Lectures on Ancient History Volume 2; From the Earliest Times to the Taking of Alexandria by Octavianus. Comprising the History of the Asiatic Nationsm the Egyptians, Greks, Macedonians and Carthaginians (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...XLIV. onward, were delivered in the year 1830. Hence, Niebuhr here refers to the Lectures on the French Revolution delivered in the summer of 1829, and probably alludes to the concluding words, which, according to Niebuhr's own statements made in his letters, contained the most pressing exhortations to the Germans to maintain union among themselves. It was impossible to give those words complete in tlie published edition of those Lectures; but what he there said on the German confederacy, cannot be matter of doubt to any one acquainted with Niebuhr's sentiments. He regretted extremely, that the small states had the same vote as the larger ones, because thereby chance and intrigue were all powerful, and the smaller states had a preponderance, as goon as a second-rate state adopting an ambitious policy opposed the great powers, and rallied the little ones around itself.--Ed. IPHICRATES. 209 dissolution of the empire. Afterwards, the movements in which the Arcadians attempted to form a state, the establishment of the Achaean league, and the whole political restoration of Greece at that time, shewed an instinctive desire to draw the smaller states together into greater masses. Those Corinthians who voted for the union with Argos were good patriots; but those who, clinging to a name, lamented that Corinth lost its sovereignty, and shared it with Argos, were idle dreamers. This is one of those cases, in which we must keep our own judgment independent of that of ignorant historians. Even Diodorus, bad as he is, and although he has no notion of all these circumstances, judges correctly, because he follows Ephorus. This revolution at Corinth might have been followed by very advantageous consequences, if it had been carried through, and had produced lasting results. ...