Essays 
Historical and Literary 
BY 
JOHN FISKE 
VOLUME II 
IN FAVOURITE FIELDS 
“Tf thou wouldst press into the infinite, go out to all 
parts of the finite.” 
— GOETHE, 
New Pork 
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LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Lr. 
1902 
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