Excerpt from Historical Lectures and Essays, Vol. 17 These Lectures, as I have said, are altogether crude and fragmentary - how, indeed, could they be otherwise, dealing with so vast a subject, and so long a period of time? They are meant neither as Essays nor as Orations, but simply as a collection of hints to' 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.

Excerpt from Lectures and Essays, Vol. 1 of 2 The greater part of the following pages consists of oral addresses, delivered in mixed and popular assemblies. The author, in giving them to the press, acts upon a desire expressed in various directions to see them in this form; and if they shall be read with a portion of the kindness with which they were heard, the author will be content. He is clearly aware, that they have, in full measure, the faults that mark the class of compositions to which they belong, but he trusts that they are not wholly wanting in some of the characteristic merits of such compositions. The author does not presume to attribute any permanent or critical value to these pages; yet to the author, personally, they have a greater value, though of another kind; they call up hours passed in living communion with his audiences; memories of generous sympathies, of hospitable bounties, of friendly encouragements, of general regard, which he would scarcely exchange for the proudest merely literary reputation. 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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Excerpt from Lectures on History, and General Policy, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life; And an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States; The Whole Corrected, Improved, and Enlarged With a Chart of History and a Chart of Biography AT the requeft of many of my former pupils, I now publilh the heads of the Ledure: on Hirtory and general Policy, which I compofed for their uf'e when I was tutor at Warrington, and which I promifcd to do when I publifhed my Ejby on the firrt Princzloler of Government. I prefix to them an Ejay on a Cour/e of liberal Education fir civil and Mice life, which has been long out of print, and which will no more accompany my mi/z'ellaneour obfa'vationr relating to Education. It will be very evident that it has a much nearer connexion with thcfe lettures, which were compofed in purfuance of the ideas which I have there enlarged upon. The following circum fiance gave birth to them both. 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.

Excerpt from Lectures on History, and General Policy: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life Lecture X. Tba Uje qfobfervations on tbc Intervals between tbc Generations of Men and Succefiz'ons of Kings, to cycertain the Dat\es of pa/i Events, 8m. 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.

Excerpt from Lectures on History and General Policy, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life 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.

Excerpt from Lectures and Essays on Various Subjects: Historical, Topographical, and Artistic To Him sing the lips of all creatures From above and from beneath has His glory sounded. The earth cries, - There is none but Thee! And the heavens respond, Thou alone art holy! Majesty issues from the deep, harmony from the stars. 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.