In Notes from Underground, Dostoevsky began his contemplations on the consequences of the actions of the so-called Great Men of History, from Peter the Great to Napoleon Bonaparte, who is ...
Great Men of Science: a History of Scientific Progress. By Philipp Lenard. Translated from the second German edition by Dr. H. Stafford Hatfield. Pp. xix + 389 + 48 plates. (London: G. Bell and ...