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History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon, Esq.

With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman

Vol. 1

1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)

Introduction

Preface By The Editor.

The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of
history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for "The
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It has obtained undisputed
possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it
comprehends. However some subjects, which it embraces, may have
undergone more complete investigation, on the general view of the
whole period, this history is the sole undisputed authority to which
all defer, and from which few appeal to the original writers, or to
more modern compilers. The inherent interest of the subject, the
inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense condensation of
matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy; the style,
which, however monotonous from its uniform stateliness, and
sometimes wearisome from its elaborate art., is throughout vigorous,
animated, often picturesque always commands attention, always
conveys its meaning with emphatic energy, describes with singular
breadth and fidelity, and generalizes with unrivalled felicity of
expression; all these high qualifications have secured, and seem
likely to secure, its permanent place in historic literature.

This vast design of Gibbon, the magnificent whole into which he
has cast the decay and ruin of the ancient civilization, the
formation and birth of the new order of things, will of itself,
independent of the laborious execution of his immense plan, render
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" an unapproachable subject
to the future historian:* in the eloquent language of his recent
French editor, M. Guizot: --

"The gradual decline of the most extraordinary dominion which has
ever invaded and oppressed the world; the fall of that immense
empire, erected on the ruins of so many kingdoms, republics, and
states both barbarous and civilized; and forming in its turn, by its
dismemberment, a multitude of states, republics, and kingdoms; the
annihilation of the religion of Greece and Rome; the birth and the
progress of the two new religions which have shared the most
beautiful regions of the earth; the decrepitude of the ancient
world, the spectacle of its expiring glory and degenerate manners;
the infancy of the modern world, the picture of its first progress,
of the new direction given to the mind and character of man -- such
a subject must necessarily fix the attention and excite the interest
of men, who cannot behold with indifference those memorable epochs,
during which, in the fine language of Corneille --

'Un grand destin commence, un grand destin s'achève.'"

This extent and harmony of design is unquestionably that which
distinguishes the work of Gibbon from all other great historical
compositions. He has first bridged the abyss between ancient and
modern times, and connected together the two great worlds of
history.

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