Excerpt from The History of Modern Europe, Vol. 6 of 7
The distance of the period at which Dr. Russel closed his History, would naturally excite, among his reader, a wish for a continuation of the work; and t hat desire. it might be supposed, would be invigorated by the extraodinary importance of many of the events and transactions of recent times. The difficulty of compressing, within the narrow limits of one volume, the History of Modern Europe for thirty-nine years, did not deter me from undertaking the task. It cannot be expected that an exact uniformity should prevail between the continuation and the preceding work; for such an idea would border on the visionary doctrine of the Metempsychosis or transmigration of souls. Such a general resemblance, in sentiment particular discrepancy or occasional variance, will be sufficient for every reasonable purpose.
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