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substance of reality. It will make even the dull tale: live; and the trifling gossip of a Froissart or a Pepys stirs in us an interest which the vague generalisations of a textbook fail to move. Such details will not confuse the main impressions, but rather strengthen them; and so, whenever an episode seems worth mentioning at all, I have tried within the limits of my space to tell it properly.”.
આપણું પૂર્વજોએ ઈતિહાસને પૂર્વવૃત્ત થયુ કહ્યો હતો તે આપણે શું ભૂલી જઈશું?