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REVOLUTION
The name of Jean Paul Marat, whose picture is shown herewith, will be
forever associated with the Reign of Terror during the French Eevolutioru He
fell at last by the hand of Charlotte Corday to avenge the loss of her lover. This
period contains more o dramatic interest than any other in the world's history. It is
out of this period that the Empire was born, dominated and ruled by Napoleon. It ia
generally conceded the best account of th French Revolution is by America's great
historian, Dr. John Clarfc Ridpath. The dtpry-of this period should be read by every
American who prizes his citizenship and loves his country; How else are wo to judge
of the great questions that confront our own Republic except; from the lessons of the past?
Six Thousand Years of History
Ridpath the historian, takes the reader back to the very beginning of civiliza
tion and traces man's career down thrbugh the long highway of time, through
the rise and fall of empires and nations. He covers every race and every na
tion, and holds the reader spellbound by his wonderful eloquence. Nothing more
interesting or inspiring has ever been written. If you would know the history of
mankind, every sacrifice for principle, every struggle for liberty, every conflict and
every achievement, then .embrace this opportunity to place in your home the world
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Ridpath's History of the
RIDPATH is recognized as America's greatest historian. He was a strong advocate of the rights and liberties of the common people.
In 1896 he was the Democratic Nominee for Congress in his home district, and received the warm support of the Leader of the
Party. Dr. Ridpath is dead but his work lives. He devoted his entire life to writing the History of the "World. It is absolutely accu
rate and impartial, and commands the admiration of the English speaking world. "We are closing out remaining sets of the last edition
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has ever equalled. He pictures the great historical events
as though they Avere happening hefore your eyes ; he
carries you with him to see the battles of old; to
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the Roman Senate ; to march against Saladin
and his dark-skinned followers; to sail the
Southern Seas with Drake; to circum
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to watch the Greek spearmen
work havoc with the Persian
hordes on the field of
Marathon. He combines
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JIDPATH throws the mantle of personality over the old
heroes of history. Alexander is there ;. patriot, warrior,
statesman, diplomat, crowning the glory of Grecian history.
Xerxes, from his mountain platform, sees Themistocles with
three hundred and fifty Greek ships smash his Persian fleet of
over a thousand sail, and help to mould the language in which
this paragraph is written. Rome perches Nero upon the greatest
throne on earth, and so sets up a poor madman's name to stand
for countless centuries as the Synonym of savage cruelty; Napo
leon fights "Waterloo again under your very eyes, and reels be
fore the iron fact that at last the end of his gilded dream has
come. Bismarck is there, gruff, overbearing, a giant pugilist in
the diplomatic ring, laughing with grim disdain at France,
which says "You shall not." Washington is there, "four-square
to all the winds,' ' grave, thoughtful, proof against the wiles of
British strategy and the poisoned darts of false friends ; clear
seeing over the heads of his fellow-countrymen, and on into
another century, the most colossal world-figure of his time.
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