As an artist he has accomplished that most difficult task of composing a history made up of many separate threads, which must keep on side by side, yet all be subordinate to one main and predominant stream.
George F. Hoar: “As an artist he has accomplished that most difficult task of composing a history made up of many separate threads, which…”
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Hoar praises a historian's skill in weaving together multiple narratives into a cohesive and engaging history.
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