A Plea for the Historical Teaching of History : An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on November 9, 1904 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Plea for the Historical Teaching of History: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on November 9, 1904

Every man who accepts a new duty must begin With some self-examination. He must define for himself the nature of that duty, and estimate for himself his power to fulfil it. I have undertaken no easy office. As I stand here there rises to my mind the memory of some who preceded me as professors, men I saw and heard. Two were my friends; one was my teacher; another one of the greatest English writers of the nineteenth century. I will not try to characterize them. All four knew many things I do not know, and possessed quali fications I do not possess for the office they filled amongst usmknowledge of larger portions of the world's history, greater acquirements, and greater gifts of nature. Yet While conscious of my own deficiencies, and wishing that I had this man's art or that man's scope, I am sure that I can do'isome service in the teaching of my subject, if I can obtain the co-operation of the rest of its teachers, and the sympathy of the University for the aims I set before me.

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