Rebels and Reformers: Biographies for Young People

Rebels and Reformers: Biographies for Young People

This book is intended for young people who are beginning to take an interest in historical subjects, and it may also be acceptable to those who are too busy with their daily work to find much time or opportunity for continuing, as they would like a full course of study. Many people have not the leisure to read a three-volume biography, and so they miss knowing anything at all about some of the great figures in history. We have tried here to tell quite simply the story of the lives of a dozen great men, some of whom may not be very familiar. There are many books about men of actionsoldiers, sailors, and explorersbut it is not so easy to find any simple account of men who have used their minds and their pens, rather than the sword, in the work for the betterment of their country to which they have devoted their lives. We have chosen men who are not actually connected with one another in any way. But although they lived in different lands and in different centuries, they are linked by the same qualities; the same strain runs through them all of fearlessness, moral courage, and independence of character. Most of viii them were accounted rebels in their day, but the rebel of one century is often the hero of the next. Though there may be a strong resemblance in the aims of these men, their personalities are different. For instance, there could not be two men more unlike one another than Voltaire and Tolstoy, yet they both devoted their energy and their genius to fighting superstition and shams. Most of our heroes recognized no authority but that of their own conscience, and each of them helped in his way the advance of progress in his country and in the mind of humanity. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 65267
Author: Ponsonby, Arthur Ponsonby
Release Date: May 6, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Ponsonby, Dorothea, 1876-1963