Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time From the earliest ages, readers have shown a desire to know something of the habits and demeanor of the authors who have pleased them. We find, too, that this natural and harmless curiosity has been abundantly gratified, for almost every kind of Johnson that has appeared in the world has had in his train the species of Boswell suited to him. Plato himself took evident pleasure in recording trifling details of Socrates´ conduct and conversation. The taste for information of this kind may become excessive; and, of late, it has been frequently gratified at the expense of decency and justice. Literature itself has suffered some opprobrium from the needless and disproportionate exhibition of the foibles and limitations of gifted persons, on the system devised by the author of "The Devil on Two Sticks." If we ask a public benefactor to sit for his portrait for our gratification, we should not deny him the privilege of brushing his hair, and arranging his cravat, before going to the photographer´s. The reader will find in this volume a number of articles upon noted persons, written, for the most part, by noted persons, who have known them familiarly, or have visited them in favorable circumstances. Nearly all the essays were written originally for "The Youth´s Companion" of Boston, - a periodical conducted with extraordinary liberality, tact, and success, now advanced some years into the second half-century of its existence. Few volumes have ever been published containing so many interesting names, whether as subjects or as authors; and I believe there is nothing in any of them which violates the reasonable privacy of public individuals. 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.
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