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Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

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PREFACE.XVpletecl History o£ War is a well-digested <strong>and</strong> admirablyclassified work, drawn <strong>from</strong> allsources, ancient <strong>and</strong> modern.It has been laid under free contribution. Droysen's History<strong>of</strong> <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> is accurate, full <strong>and</strong> complete, but lacks <strong>the</strong>advantage <strong>of</strong> ch<strong>art</strong>s <strong>and</strong> maps. It has been equally utilized.From <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last century, when Folard <strong>and</strong> Guishardbegan <strong>the</strong>ir commentaries <strong>and</strong> discussions on <strong>the</strong> ancienthistorians, up till now, <strong>the</strong>re has been such a mass <strong>of</strong> matterpublished, <strong>of</strong>ten <strong>of</strong> highest value <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>ten trivial, that itsmere bibliography is tiresome.But <strong>the</strong>re is no existing commentaryon <strong>the</strong> great Macedonian, known to <strong>the</strong> avithor to be<strong>of</strong> acknowledged value, which has not been consulted. Thefacts, however, have been uniformly taken <strong>from</strong> or comparedwith <strong>the</strong> old authorities <strong>the</strong>mselves. The labors <strong>and</strong> commentaries<strong>of</strong> many philologists, geographers <strong>and</strong> soldiers havenow moulded <strong>the</strong> ancient histories into a form easily accessibleto him who possesses but a ti<strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>and</strong>patience <strong>the</strong>y have so freely placed at <strong>the</strong> service <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>irfellow-man.

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