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Excerpt from A Topical Analysis of Advanced American History With Library References for Teachers and Students "Fundamentally history is the connected growth of ideas and institutions." A comprehensive study of history includes more than the mere description of a peoples achievements or progress; it also includes a study of the conditions that made possible certain achievements, and the means used to attain certain results. The study of history is not to learn facts simply as facts, but to understand the causes and results of the great movements in the life of a people. Such a study of history cannot be made by the use of one brief text-book; outside reading is necessary. A nations history cannot be told in a few hundred pages, hence the text-book must be supplemented by the use of reference books. The number need not be large; a few well selected volumes will answer. The Topical Analysis is meant to both assist in gaining a comprehensive understanding of history, and to direct the reading outside the text-book used by the class. A trial of this plan of the study of history will soon convince any teacher and class of its merits over the one book method. The use of a well selected library adds interest to the work, both in the preparation of the lesson and in the recitation. 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.