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TheAuthorofthefollowingworkapologizesforthedelayofitspublicationonthegroundoflong-continuedillhealthwhichunfittedhimformentallabor.Hehastriedtomakeamendsbysparingnopainsinhisefforttodojusticetothesubjectstreated.Theplanoftheensuingbiographyisthatofaphilosophicalhistory,whichaddstothesimplenarrativeofeventsadiscussionofthecausesandteachingsoftheevents.Thewriterhasinterspersedthemererecitalofpersonalfactsandincidentswithstudiesoftheprincipaltopicsofamoregeneralnatureintimatelyassociatedwiththese,andhassoughttoenforcethelessonstheyyield.Hisaiminthishasbeentoaddtothedescriptiveinterestoftheworkmoreimportantmoralvalues.Thethoughtfulreader,whoseeksimprovementandisinterestedinthefortunesofhiskind,will,itisbelieved,findtheseepisodesattractive;andthefrivolousreader,whoseeksamusementalone,neednotcomplainofdisquisitionswhichhecaneasilyskip. |
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