When I was ten years old I became greatly interested in the study of history. The fact that so many nations arose, flourished, declined, and perished made a great impression upon me. In a spirit of youthful enthusiasm I determined to find out what causes nations to flourish and the to decline and fall. My object being, of course, to put this knowledge, when mastered, into operation for the establishment of enlightened societies that would always flourish.
When I was ten years old I became greatly interested in the study of history. The fact that so many nations arose, flourished, declined, and perished made a great impression upon me. In a spirit of youthful enthusiasm I determined to find out what causes nations to flourish and the to decline and fall. My object being, of course, to put this knowledge, when mastered, into operation for the establishment of enlightened societies that would always flourish.
When I was ten years old I became greatly interested in the study of history. The fact that so many nations arose, flourished, declined, and perished made a great impression upon me. In a spirit of youthful enthusiasm I determined to find out what causes nations to flourish and the to decline and fall. My object being, of course, to put this knowledge, when mastered, into operation for the establishment of enlightened societies that would always flourish.