Herders sämmtliche Werke vs Short studies on great subjects: Which Should You Read?

Herders sämmtliche Werke Johann Gottfried Herder · 1877 ★★★★☆ 3.8 414 pages · ≈ 7 h 40 m · Demanding

Short studies on great subjects James Anthony Froude · 1867 ★★★★☆ 3.9 398 pages · ≈ 7 h 22 m · Demanding

There was a time—a time which, measured by the years of our national life, was not so very long ago—when the serious thoughts of mankind were occupied exclusively by religion and politics. The small knowledge which they…