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The reader of these pages will soon discower, that I advance
but few pretensions to that which has been called the philosophy
of the history, and which I have the temerity to denominate the
philosophy of romance. It is the privilege of the novelist to be
allways acquainted with the secret motives of those, whose conduct
and characters he delineates: but the writer of history can know no
more than his authorities have disclosed, or the facts themselves
necessarily suggests. If he indulges his imagination, if he pretend to
detect the hidden springs of every action, the real origin of every
event, he may embellish his narration, but he will impose upon
his readers, and probably upon himself.
Lingard.
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