Excerpt from The Patriotic History of the United States and Its People: From Their Earliest Records, to the Present Time, In Twelve VolumesThe young people are supposed to learn History at School, and there the small, inaccurate, one-volume text-book at best is only a mere outline, a bare Skeleton of dry facts, about as inviting to the youthful imagination as the directory of a distant city. Dates and events are learned and recited till a requisite examination can be passed for promotion. But History learned in this way is a drudge, an irksome task for most pupils, and is largely forgotten almost as soon as the text - book is laid aside. A thorough knowledge of our History can be acquired only by developing a genuine interest in it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.