Thomas E. Buccine Jr.: Western History

Title of Paper: "CLIO A MUSE: Clio Rediscovered"

Course: Western Civilization 101-051

Time of Class: 7:10 PM

Thomas E Buccine Jr.

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April 26, 2015

Thomas E Buccine Jr.
April 26, 2015
Western Civilization 101-051
Dr. L. Hogan
CLIO A MUSE: Clio Rediscovered
1. What does George Macaulay Trevelyan mean when he says in paragraph #1 that "the vulgar have been excluded from the Court of the Gentiles?" Remember, his subject is historians, and their doing of history. George Trevelyan, by referring to the Court of the Gentles, is talking about a group of people outside of the Inner Court which contains the Holy of Holies. It 's a metaphor using the historic Jewish
In Greek Mythology there are nine Muses, and Clio, the history muse is number two. This ancient Goddess inspired those who wrote, spoke, and sang of history," (Musser). Emphasis Mine. Clio is the god of Trevelyan 's Holy of Holies. She is the Goddess of History that presides over the courts of historians. The popular trends, of scientific historians, of the Victorian era, have taken their place within the prestigious Inner Courts, and the less popular literary historians, of the pre-Victorian era, had been banished to the outer Court of the Gentiles. George Trevelyan 's uncle, "Thomas Macaulay, was a member of Parliament and was a literary historian. Also, he was educated in Trinity College, in Cambridge, England. He had been of the same Whig party Trevelyan now enjoys, and was skilled in the art of narrative. (Wikipedia). He was no doubt an inspiration to a young Trevelyan, who while a student at Trinity College, was instructed by Sir John
Evolution is only a theory while history is factual. Man 's attainment is man 's successes and acquirements. They include what man has progressed and achieved through body and soul. Man’s attainments show his journey based on a timeline fueled by the impact of his history. If there were no attainment, there would be no history. History allows future attainment. This is all based on history. History educates. One of man 's most important attainments is his education, but we cannot maintain a solid historical education based on history as science. It is the full embodiment of history as a narrative where man will actually grab hold of something, attain something from it, walk away with it, and pass that torch on to another generation in the future. When this happens, history has done her job