Excerpt from Robert Fulton, an Historical Novel The representation of the life of a virtuoso is, however, only the subordinate object of this novel, the hero of my work being, properly speaking, no artist. Thus I hoped, by selecting a person, whose principal activity was in the sphere of practical life, not only to avoid any collision with other novelists, but I believed, I might even conduct my readers to a path, heretofore but little trodden, from which I might show them views, which, although belonging to the poetic ...
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Excerpt from Robert Fulton, an Historical Novel The representation of the life of a virtuoso is, however, only the subordinate object of this novel, the hero of my work being, properly speaking, no artist. Thus I hoped, by selecting a person, whose principal activity was in the sphere of practical life, not only to avoid any collision with other novelists, but I believed, I might even conduct my readers to a path, heretofore but little trodden, from which I might show them views, which, although belonging to the poetic world. 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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