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By J. B. Bury

By J. B. Bury

Regius Professor Of Modern History,
And Fellow Of King's College, In The University Of Cambridge





Dedicated to the memories of Charles Francois Castel de Saint-Pierre,
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat de Condorcet, Auguste Comte, Herbert
Spencer, and other optimists mentioned in this volume.


Tantane uos generis tenuit fiducia uestri?









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