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Excerpt from Is History Past Politics?
Methods of Historical Study, p. 119, he maintained that history is the science or knowledge of man in his political character. He regarded the State as the all-comprehending form of human society. He used the word political in a large Greek sense. For him the Politeia or the Common wealth embraced all the highest interests of man. He did not neglect the subjects of art and literature. Indeed, he began his original historical work with a study of Wells Cathedral in his own county, and throughout his busy life he never lost interest in architectural and archaeological studies. For him Roman art and the Palace of Diocletian were but illustrations191] Is History Past Politics?
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