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Excerpt from Life and Bloody Career of the Executed Criminal, James Copeland, the Great Southern Land Pirate: Leader of a Devastating Clan Banging Over a Great Portion of the Nation, Particularly the Gulf States, Spreading Terror and Insecurity Everywhere; Mystic Alphabet of the Clan, for Their Secret Correspondence, Giving a List of All the Members Throughout Th
There is, perhaps, nothing within the sphere of human ope rations which more affect the present and future generations, either for good or evil, than a faithful narration of history and biography. But the effects, either for better or worse, depend pretty much on the comments and conclusions of the historian and biographer themselves. He may have an unprejudiced mind, he may chronicle the events of a nation faithfully and correctly, and he may be capable of delineating the mighty strokes and nicer shades of individual character with all the force and brilliancy which extraordinary genius can command; but if his deductions or inferences be unsound or erroneous, the effects will extend to all parts of society, both the present and the future.
For instance, and as an illustration, the poet said of Lord Bacon The greatest, the wisest, and the meanest of mankind.
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