I'l 

 x'val with < a taMine, Charlemagne, 



in an* Imt tlu* younger contemporaries of Thalem, 

 Plato, and Ari>t..t: 



a this short survey of a great subject will seem 



nihl'itious to many, r.ut .-volution means the slow un- 

 folding of hid-: ntialitios. We must study pre- 

 man as well as ancient man because the changes 

 -qpial evoln e so gradual that it in only 



ainiiiinir tin* lnir p--i i...i that wo can become con- 



M-ious of thrir r.-al M-rniti. change that is ob- 



<; ir i-nd of a Innir i-.-r ii^in-uishal.lo 



in tin* hrirfiT in I is the autlmr's justification 



for attrinptiiiir t> ]>!> nt as an organic whole a subject 



the divisions of whirli >prriali-t> oft.-n find <|tiit> haffling. 



In tin* ffTort to classify and generalize a groat boi 



kno\\ tin- ".Ininsy forceps of our minds" always 



crush tho truth a littN- and mar it. Yt thore is a genuine 



gain from the v rt to attain por8| dthougb 



uce may be done to tin* Mri.-t amiracy of certain 



Is. The artist suppresses many things in ord-r to 



ii^then the general impression that th< pi.-t 



. rhaj.s, tlio scientist can learn from his 

 fallow seeker aft.-r truth. 



Tlu -fltM-ted hihliographies whirh an appmdrd . 

 rai-li rliaptn- , ..nMitii!.' the best works on S|M 



;->IM! in the course of the chap 



Tin- illustrations havr .. .fully srltcted and nr- 



raniffd with a V'H-W t illuuiinat.- .-.-rtain point- ma-i*- in 



tin- tt-\t \vhioh tho average stud.-nt would otherwise be 

 to \ isttaliie, Tho author would have ronsidorable 

 pla.-,.,l upon this use of tho illustrations since 

 each has been chosen for a definite purpose. 



