Wonderful Characters, Vol. 1

Download or read book Wonderful Characters, Vol. 1 written by Henry Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wonderful Characters, Vol. 1: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation; Collected From the Most Authentic Sources IT has been well observed by one of the greatest of British Bards that the proper study of mankind is man, and the great Lord Bacon has remarked that it would much conduce to the magnanimity and honour of Man, if a collection were made of the ultimities (as the schools speak) or summities (as Pindar) of human nature, principally out of the faithful reports of history; that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man's nature, of itself, hath ever reached in all the perfections both of body and mind. He proceeds to state, that the Wonders of Human Nature should be collected with judg ment and diligence, on the plan of Valerius Maxi mus and C. Plinius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.