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The historian who can best aid him must be keen and sympathetic and just; he must be logical and thorough; he must show not only effects but causes; he must show the life of the nation, and then his work may be called a history. Such a history is VON HOLST's
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In the front ranks of American histories.—Henry Cabot Lodge.
Masterly analysis of events The Nation.
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Written for all time.—New Orleans Picayune.
Its reflections are always astute and incisive. Harper's Monthly.
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Marked by comprehensiveness of statement, amplitude of detail, and clearness of exposition.—New York Tribune.
His historical judgments will always command respect.—Alexander Johnson.
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BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES,
WITH COMPREHENSIVE NOTES.
By Hon. Thomas M. Cooley.
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