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which I took especial pains namely, the &quot;History of the 

 Causes of the French Revolution. This part of the whole 

 course interested me most as revealing the strength and 

 weakness of democracies and throwing light upon many 

 problems which our own republic must endeavor to solve ; 

 and I gave it not only at Cornell, but at Johns Hopkins, 

 the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Tulane, and 

 &quot;Washington. It still remains in manuscript: whether it 

 will ever be published is uncertain. Should my life be 

 somewhat extended, I hope to throw it into the form of a 

 small volume ; but, at my present age and with the work 

 now upon me, the realization of this plan is doubtful. 

 Still, in any case, there is to me one great consolation : my 

 collection of books aided the former professor of modern 

 history at Cornell, Mr. Morse Ste/ens, in preparing what 

 is unquestionably the best history of the French Revolu 

 tion in the English language. Nor has the collection been 

 without other uses. Upon it was based my pamphlet on 

 i Paper Money Inflation in France : How It Came, What 

 It Brought, and How It Ended,&quot; and this, being circu 

 lated widely as a campaign document during two differ 

 ent periods of financial delusion, did, I hope, something 

 to set some controlling men into fruitful trains of thought 

 on one of the most important issues ever presented to the 

 American people. 



Another course of lectures also paved the way possibly 

 for a book. I have already told how, during my college 

 life and even previously, I became fascinated with the his 

 tory of the Protestant Reformation. This led to further 

 studies, and among the first courses in history prepared 

 during my professorship at the University of Michigan 

 was one upon the i i Revival of Learning&quot; and the Refor 

 mation in Germany.&quot; This course was developed later 

 until it was brought down to our own times ; its continu 

 ance being especially favored by my stay in Germany, first 

 as a student and later as minister of the United States. 

 Most of my spare time at these periods was given to this 

 subject, and in the preparation of these lectures I conceived 



