Livonian Tales
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Excerpt from Livonian Tales: The Disponent; The Wolves; The Jewess In the common style of colloquial intercourse to be met with in what is usually denominated general society - namely, that periodical collision of a number of persons, of which a large majority repeat what they hear, and a small minority think what they say, and those by no means all think rightly - it naturally follows that the emptiest sophistries will pass current equally as well as the profoundest truths - nay, generally much better; as, like all meretricious imitations, they are most calculated to please common eyes at first sight. A favourite futility which, as such, has doubtless never been out of vogue at any time, but which from the peculiar character of the age enters largely into the small-talk of respectable people of the present day, consists in extolling the simplicity which accompanies a state of nature, and lamenting the refinements which follow in the train of civilization. Implying by the first, that fabulous purity, when, "wild in woods the noble savage ran;" and by the second, those perverted luxuries to which a false cultivation has given birth; and thus contriving to give in one breath a wrong idea to a right definition, and a wrong definition to a right idea. The simplicity of savage life! God help the poor creatures! Where is there the most perverted artificiality of the falsest and foulest civilization that can for one instant be compared with it? 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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