"Thisisverywellasfarasitgoes," saidthenextcritic, "buthowaboutthePuritans? ." MyanswerwasthatifIwerewritingahistoryofAmerica, thePuritanswouldgetfullyonehalfofthefirsttwelvechapters; thathoweverthiswasahistoryofmankindandthattheeventonPlymouthrockwasnotamatteroffar-reachinginternationalimportanceuntilmanycenturieslater; thattheUnitedStateshadbeenfoundedbythirteencoloniesandnotbyasingleone; thatthemostprominentleadersofthefirsttwentyyearsofourhistoryhadbeenfromVirginia, fromPennsylvania, andfromtheislandofNevis, ratherthanfromMassachusetts; andthatthereforethePuritansoughttocontentthemselveswithapageofprintandaspecialmap.
-Magnonmen, whohaddevelopedsuchahighstageofcivilisation10,000yearsago?
Indeed, andwhynot? "noblesavage" "noblesavage," sodearlybelovedbyourgrandfathers, andtheyhavereplacedhimbythe "splendidsavage" oftheFrenchValleyswho35,-Magnonpaintedandthestatueshecarvedandtheyhavesurroundedhimwithmuchglory.
-constructthatearlywest-Europeansocietywithanydegree (howeverhumble) .
Thentherewereothercritics, ? , , letmestatethebasisuponwhichactivemembershiptothisbookofhistorywasconsidered.
Therewasbutonerule."Didthecountryorthepersoninquestionproduceanewideaorperformanoriginalactwithoutwhichthehistoryoftheentirehumanracewouldhavebeendifferent?" , , andnorace, fromthepointofviewofachievementorintelligentprogress, wasoflessvaluetotherestofmankind.
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