Great Southerners, Vol. 1: Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen, Military Captains, Orators, Jurists, Preachers, Men of Literature, Etc (Classic Reprint)
Great Southerners, Vol. 1: Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen, Military Captains, Orators, Jurists, Preachers, Men of Literature, Etc (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Great Southerners, Vol. 1: Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen, Military Captains, Orators, Jurists, Preachers, Men of Literature, Etc The most enlarging of all studies is the study of human history, and all history is at bottom only bi ography. It was with this view that the editor of the Children's Visitor, in which the following sketches first appeared, arranged for their preparation. Mr. Will T. Hale, who has acquired a national rep utation for both his prose and poetic writings, was chosen to ...
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Excerpt from Great Southerners, Vol. 1: Being a Series of Short Sketches of Statesmen, Military Captains, Orators, Jurists, Preachers, Men of Literature, Etc The most enlarging of all studies is the study of human history, and all history is at bottom only bi ography. It was with this view that the editor of the Children's Visitor, in which the following sketches first appeared, arranged for their preparation. Mr. Will T. Hale, who has acquired a national rep utation for both his prose and poetic writings, was chosen to do the work on account of his genius for historic treatment, combined with a broad and gen erous Spirit, which was a guaranty against any offen sive sectionalism. How well he has done his work has already been attested by the unusual popularity of the sketches while appearing currently in the V53 itor, and by a corresponding demand for their publica tion in this permanent form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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