The only history that is of practical value, is what may be called Descriptive Sociology. And the highest office which the historian can discharge, is that of so narrating the lives of nations, as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology ; and... School Science and Mathematics - Page 7801910Full view - About this book
| 1859 - 620 pages
...information respecting past tunes, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value, is what...the lives of nations, as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology ; and for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...information respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value, is what may be called Descriptive Sociology. And ttíe highest office which the historian can discharge, is that of so narrating the lives of nations,... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1860 - 300 pages
...information respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value, is what...the lives of nations, as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology ; and for the subsequent deter= mination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1866 - 282 pages
...information respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value, is what...historian can discharge, is that of so narrating the lives _of nations, as tqjnrnish materials for a Comparative Sociologyj7and~For the subsequent deterniinafion... | |
| 1873 - 800 pages
...citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that U of practical value is, what may bo called Descriptive Sociology. And the highest office which the historian can discharge U that of so narrating the lives of nations as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology, and... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 436 pages
...information, respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value is, what...narrating the lives of nations as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology, and for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
| 1873 - 808 pages
...information, respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value is, what...narrating the lives of nations as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology, aad for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1874 - 448 pages
...information, respecting past times, which can be of service to the citizen for the regulation of his conduct. The only history that is of practical value is, what may be called Descript!ve Sociology. And the highest office which the historian can discharge is that of so narrating... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1860 - 308 pages
...into the consensus of succeeding ones. Such, alone is the kind of information respecting past times, Sociology. And the highest office which the historian...the lives of nations, as to furnish materials for a Com' parative Sociology ; and for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1883 - 494 pages
...value is, what may be called DeBcriptive Sociology. And the highest office which the historian c<in discharge is that of so narrating the lives of nations as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology, and for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social... | |
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