"Star of Humanity - Decisive Moments in Time"

Author: (Austrian) Stefan Zweig
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: History is like an annalist, indifferent yet persistent in connecting one historical fact to another, as if linking one ring after another into a long chain spanning thousands of years. For everything that is thrilling requires preparation, and every significant event must have a process. The emergence of a genius requires the vast multitude of a nation: after countless years of trivial passage, the decisive moments in true history will only appear. These dramatically concentrated moments that concern the fate of life often occur on a certain day, at a certain hour, or even often just for a minute. Though rare in both an individual's life and the serial number of historical progress, their decisiveness transcends time. For this reason, I will look back at those brilliant moments from different eras and different places.