A guide to historical method (The Dorsey series in history)

Robert Jones Shafer

 
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Synopsis

The beginning researcher, following the suggestions of this Guide, and of appropriate reference works, may certainly help to attain clarity of expression; in addition, with much practice, and possibly the help of God, he may aspire to achieve some day that style which Edmund Wilson defined as a combination of "lucidity, force, and grace."

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