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قراءة كتاب Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies
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VICTORIAN WORTHIES
SIXTEEN BIOGRAPHIES
BY
G. H. BLORE
ASSISTANT MASTER AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO
MELBOURNE CAPE TOWN BOMBAY CALCUTTA
1920
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CONTENTS
PAGE | ||
PREFACE | ||
LIST OF PORTRAITS | ||
INTRODUCTION: THE VICTORIAN ERA | 1 | |
1. | THOMAS CARLYLE. Prophet | 10 |
2. | SIR ROBERT PEEL. Statesman | 31 |
3. | SIR CHARLES NAPIER. Soldier | 54 |
4. | THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. Philanthropist | 73 |
5. | LORD LAWRENCE. Administrator | 92 |
6. | JOHN BRIGHT. Tribune | 110 |
7. | CHARLES DICKENS. Novelist and Social Reformer | 129 |
8. | LORD TENNYSON. Poet | 150 |
9. | CHARLES KINGSLEY. Parish Priest | 177 |
10. | GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS. Artist | 196 |
11. | BISHOP PATTESON. Missionary | 220 |
12. | SIR ROBERT MORIER. Diplomatist | 245 |
13. | LORD LISTER. Surgeon | 276 |
14. | WILLIAM MORRIS. Craftsman | 302 |
15. | JOHN RICHARD GREEN. Historian | 323 |
16. | CECIL RHODES. Colonist | 348 |
INDEX | 369 |
PREFACE
Some excuse seems to be needed for venturing at this time to publish biographical sketches of the men of the Victorian era. Several have been written by men, like Lord Morley and Lord Bryce, having first-hand knowledge of their subjects, others by the best critics of the next generation, such as Mr. Chesterton and Mr. Clutton-Brock. With their critical ability I am not able to compete; but they often postulate a knowledge of facts which the average reader has forgotten or has never known. Having written these sketches primarily for boys at school I am not ashamed to state well-known facts, nor have I wished to avoid the obvious.
Nor do these sketches aim at obtaining a sensation by the shattering of idols. I have been content to accept the verdicts passed by their contemporaries on these great servants of the public, verdicts which, in general, seem likely to stand the test of time. Boys will come soon enough on books where criticism has fuller play, and revise the judgements of the past. Such a revision is salutary, when it is not unfair or bitter in tone.
At a time when the subject called 'civics' is being more widely introduced into schools, it seems useful to present the facts of individual lives, instances chosen from different professions, as a supplement to the study of principles and institutions. There is a spirit of public service which is best interpreted through concrete examples. If teachers will, from their own knowledge, fill in these outlines and give life to these portraits, the younger generation may find it not uninteresting to 'praise famous men