New History of the Marathas v1.c2.7

v1.c2.7

My second justification for attempting this task can be best stated in the words of Professor Goldwin Smith : “ Each nation in the main writes its own history best ; it best knows its own land, its own institutions, the relative importance of its own events, the characters of its own great men. Each nation has also its peculiarities of view, its prejudices, its self-love, which require to be corrected by the impartial or even hostile view of others.”