Download or read book A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (Classic Reprint) written by John William Draper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe Owiig to the Civil War, the publication of this work has been post poned for nearly two years. I do not regret the delay. The Ameri can reader, for whom it is chiefly intended, will find on many of its pages suggestions arising from the history of other people and other institutions, which may be profitably considered in connection with the great events now transpiring. When a nation has reached one of the epochs of its life, and is preparing itself for another period of progress under new conditions, it is well for every thoughtful man interested in its prosperity to turn his eyes from the contentions of the present to the accomplished facts of the past, and to seek for a solution of existing difiiculties in the record of what other people in former times have done. 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.