Excerpt from The Treasury of Modern Biography: A Gallery of Literary Sketches of Eminent Men and Women of the Nineteenth Century IT may safely be taken for granted that the human mind naturally desires to know something regarding those who are marked out by great qualities in any department of life, by goodness or great attainments and achievements. The gratification of this desire is both healthy and wholesome. The present collection of biographies and critical sketches, while intended to be of some practical value, may ...
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Excerpt from The Treasury of Modern Biography: A Gallery of Literary Sketches of Eminent Men and Women of the Nineteenth Century IT may safely be taken for granted that the human mind naturally desires to know something regarding those who are marked out by great qualities in any department of life, by goodness or great attainments and achievements. The gratification of this desire is both healthy and wholesome. The present collection of biographies and critical sketches, while intended to be of some practical value, may help to interest and stimulate the reader to further and fuller inquiry and increased knowledge of the great men and women of the nineteenth century. 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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