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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely". This is the most widely quoted aphorism by "the magistrate of history" Lord Acton. "The History of Freedom. And Other Essays" contains two volumes of his numerous writings and gives an excellent introduction into the thinking of this eminent thinker who is considered to be one of the most learned Englishmen of his time and who made the history of liberty his life's work. Indeed, h...

Excerpt from The History of Freedom, and Other EssaysThe Editors desire to thank the members of the Acton family for their help and advice during the preparation of this volume and of the volume of Historical Essays and Studies. They have had the advantage of access to many of Acton's letters, especially those to Dollinger and Lady Blennerhasset. They have thus been provided with valuable material for the Introduction. At the same time they wi...

Excerpt from Lectures on Modern HistoryThe Lectures on Modern History were delivered by Lord Acton in his ordinary course as Professor in the academical years 1899-1900 and 1900-01. The Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History, here reprinted, was delivered on June II, 1895. The document printed in Appendix I. Is of great interest, as exhibiting the ideals of Lord Acton as a student and the aims of the under taking which he planned and still ...

Liberty . . . is itself the highest political end."The unifying theme of these essays is Lord Acton's concept of liberty. Included are his two famous essays on the history of freedom ("The History of Freedom in Antiquity" and "The History of Freedom in Christianity") as are writings on the tradition of liberty in England, America, and Europe.

Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, "Lectures on the French Revolution" is a distinguished account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience by one of the most remarkable English historians of the nineteenth century. In contrast to Burke a century before, Acton leaves condemnation of the French Revolution to others. He provides a disciplined, thorough, and elegant history of the actual events of the bloody episode...

Formerly known as Lord Acton, John E.E. Dalberg Acton was one of the great historians of the Victorian period and one of the greatest classical historians of all time. His life's work was advancing the history of liberty though he was never able to complete his magnum opus. THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM AND OTHER ESSAYS consists of articles reprinted from various journals of his time. Acton's other works include Lectures on Modern History (1906) and ...

Lord Acton's essays on liberal Catholicism demonstrate the breadth and brilliance of his thought and the strength of his advocacy as the liberal intellectual of the last century."-- Professor S. W. Jackson, University of VictoriaVolume III focuses on the intersection of religion with moral and political issues. Also included are three important essays, "Human Sacrifice, " "George Eliot's Life, " and "Buckle's Philosophy of History." The last s...

History compels us to fasten on abiding issues and rescues us from the temporary and transient."Volume II brings together Acton's distinguished writings on history. Included is his famous Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge, "The Study of History."Writing on many diverse topics, Acton argues that history demonstrates progress and unity through the story of liberty and that the study of history should be impartial, based on archival research, and fo...

First published in 1907, five years after his death, this is a collection of essays by the Roman Catholic English historian, Lord Acton, some of which had previously appeared in The Rambler. First published in 1907, five years after his death, this is a collection of essays by the Roman Catholic English historian, Lord Acton, some of which had previously appeared in The Rambler.