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... consider more important than the religious defects that Prescott emphasized in the Mexicans and the defects of character that Prescott attributed to Montezuma . Such a judgment , however , does not say that Prescott failed to consider ...
... consider more important than the religious defects that Prescott emphasized in the Mexicans and the defects of character that Prescott attributed to Montezuma . Such a judgment , however , does not say that Prescott failed to consider ...
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... Consider the famous example cited by E. H. Carr and Carl Becker , the " fact " that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon . Thousands of people crossed the river . Why , Becker asks in mock innocence , " charge it up to Caesar ? " The ...
... Consider the famous example cited by E. H. Carr and Carl Becker , the " fact " that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon . Thousands of people crossed the river . Why , Becker asks in mock innocence , " charge it up to Caesar ? " The ...
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... considers documented fact ? How does he manage to arrange the events so that those he considers most important appear actually to be the most impor- tant events ? How does he move from individual evidence to general judg- ment , and ...
... considers documented fact ? How does he manage to arrange the events so that those he considers most important appear actually to be the most impor- tant events ? How does he move from individual evidence to general judg- ment , and ...
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