Note: Older books often abbreviated words as contractions, and printed them as superscripts; for example, Publi^ns for Publications. This style is used in this text and the ^ symbol represents the beginning of the contraction and superscript. There has of late years been a tendency, as a result of the teachings of certain historical authorities, to minimize the influence of the leadership of the so-called Great Men, and to question the importance of their work as a factor in shaping the history of the time. Great events are referred to as brought about by such general influences as "the spirit of the time" (Goethe's _Zeitgeist_), the "movement of humanity," or "forces of s…
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