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Excerpt from Jan Žižka, the Hussite (on His Quincentenary)
A comparison between him and the other great Southern Czechs would show us how much of the original Zizka remained in the man as he IS known to us from history. The poor Southern Bohemian land, with the lazy swell of its peaceful downs and changing wooded hills and dales, with its green meadows and gleaming ponds, offers no broad vistas and affords no easy liveli hood. It compels its children to turn their thoughts to the great questions of life, and the spark of intuition ?ashes but slowly, though its light is deep and steady. In that small, self contained world no man recks of life''s headlong rush elsewhere, but is soberly content with the restful contemplation begotten of concentrated purpose. Life ?ows like a quiet, deep stream, and the convictions to which it gives birth are deep-anchored in the soul and defy swift change. A man reared there will defend his material and moral possessions to his last breath and will not lightly give up his rights.
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A comparison between him and the other great Southern Czechs would show us how much of the original Zizka remained in the man as he IS known to us from history. The poor Southern Bohemian land, with the lazy swell of its peaceful downs and changing wooded hills and dales, with its green meadows and gleaming ponds, offers no broad vistas and affords no easy liveli hood. It compels its children to turn their thoughts to the great questions of life, and the spark of intuition ?ashes but slowly, though its light is deep and steady. In that small, self contained world no man recks of life''s headlong rush elsewhere, but is soberly content with the restful contemplation begotten of concentrated purpose. Life ?ows like a quiet, deep stream, and the convictions to which it gives birth are deep-anchored in the soul and defy swift change. A man reared there will defend his material and moral possessions to his last breath and will not lightly give up his rights.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
R. Urbanek
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ISBN - 9780331640410
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 27
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R. Urbanek
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ISBN - 9780282599461
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 29
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