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The first of 14 volumes, this book discusses ancient civilization looking primarily at religion and philosophy. BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME I THE OLD PAGAN CIVILIZATIONS. BY JOHN LORD, LL.D., AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE,"
ETC., ETC. To the Memory of MARY PORTER LORD, WHOSE FRIENDSHIP AND APPRECIATION AS A DEVOTED WIFE ENCOURAGED ME TO A LONG LIFE OF HISTORICAL LABORS, This Work IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.
PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
In preparing a new edition of Dr. Lord's great work, the "Beacon Lights
of History," it has been necessary to make some rearrangement of
lectures and volumes. Dr. Lord began with his volume on classic
"Antiquity," and not until he had completed five volumes did he return
to the remoter times of "Old Pagan Civilizations" (reaching back to
Assyria and Egypt) and the "Jewish Heroes and Prophets." These issued,
he took up again the line of great men and movements, and brought it
down to modern days. The "Old Pagan Civilizations," of course, stretch thousands of years
before the Hebrews, and the volume so entitled would naturally be the
first. Then follows the volume on "Jewish Heroes and Prophets," ending
with St... Continue reading book >>
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