Download or read book Biographical Literary and Philosophical Essays Classic Reprint written by John Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical Essays By the principles of our undertaking, we are pledged not to advance any opinions on the grand controversy be tween the religious establishment of our country and the dissenters from its communion - or more precisely, we are engaged to avoid discussing the abstract propriety of an establishment, and also the propriety of that form of it now existing in the country. These are ques tions, it is true, quite distinct from the conduct of the established church, or any of its distinguished members, as political agents in the transactions of a history. Viewed in this light, their operations, their influence, their vir tues, or their vices, are just as fair subjects of observation as those of any other of the agents, involved in our na tional history. But it is not certain that we can exercise our right to this undoubted extent without giving consider able off'ence. Even at this liberal period, there are some whom it would be hard to avoid offending, and in whose opinions we should scarcely seem to preserve our pledged neutrality, while condemning the violent and fatal intoler ance of the church during the reigns of the Jameses and Charleses, though it be evidently impossible to discuss the merits, or even to narrate the events of those reigns without it.' 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.

Download or read book Essays Literary Moral and Philosophical Classic Reprint written by Benjamin Rush and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical Yv'oods, an old woman of 96 years of age, Biographical Anecdotes of Benjamin Lay, Biographical Anecdotes of Anthony Benezet, Paradife of Negro Slaves - a dream. 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.

Download or read book Biographical Literary and Philosophical Essays written by John Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical Essays "The Eclectic Review was commenced in January, 1805, by a number of gentlemen, of whom William Alers Hankey is believed to be the only survivor. Their object was to provide an antidote to the irreligious spirit which then pervaded the periodical press of the country. Episcopalians and dissenters were united in its early conduct; and for some years it maintained an absolute neutrality on those ecclesiastical points wherein they differ from each other. To such an extent was this neutrality observed, that some historical questions of general interest, and of great importance, were designedly avoided, lest they should lead to the expression of opinions which by implication might be deemed incompatible with it. 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.

Download or read book Essays Literary Moral and Political Classic Reprint written by David Hume and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays, Literary, Moral and Political Some people are subject to a certain delicacy of passion, which makes them extremely sensible to all the accidents of life, and gives them a lively joy upon every prosperous event, as well as a piercing grief, when they meet with misfortunes and adversity. Favours and good offices easily engage their friendship while the smallest injury provokes their resentment. Any honour or mark of distinction elevates them above measure; but they are as sensibly touched with contempt. People of this character have, no doubt, more lively enjoyments, as well as more pungent sorrows, than men of cool and sedate tempers but, I believe, when everything is balanced, there is no one, who would not rather be of the latter character, were he entirely master of his own disposition. Good or ill fortune Is very little at our disposal: and when a pe_r_son. 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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Download or read book Contributions Biographical Literary and Philosophical to the Eclectic Review Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by John Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions, Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical, to the Eclectic Review, Vol. 2 of 2 IT was with no small pleasure we saw any thing an nounced of the nature of a proof or pledge that the author of this paper was in good faith employing him self, or about to employ himself, in the intellectual public service. His contributions to that service have, hitherto, borne but a small proportion to the reputation he has long enjoyed of being qualified for it in an extraordinary degree. This reputation is less founded on a small volume of juvenile poems, and some occasional essays in periodical publications, than on the estimate formed and avowed by all the intelligent persons that have ever had the gratification of falling into his society. 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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Download or read book Nature and Man written by William Benjamin Carpenter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nature and Man: Essays Scientific and Philosophical Tiie Essays contained in this volume represent chiefly the later phases Of their writer's thoughts on the problems concerned with the interpretation Of nature and man. Some of the conclusions which they embody he believed to be of high importance in the guidance of life; they were the result of long Observation and reflection, and in some cases differed widely from the ideas which his early educa tion and his first studies had led him to adopt. It is the aim Of this sketch to indicate some Of the processes which contributed to this change, and to present, as briefly as possible, the connection between Dr. Carpenter's widely varied work and the personality from which his many Sided energy flowed out. The long list Of writings which bear his name exhibits an extraordinary range Of labour; and the historians Of different branches of science will come upon the traces Of his activity in fields that are rarely cultivated by the same hand. It is not now desired to estimate the precise value of his numerous contributions to knowledge, but rather to Show what were the hidden pur poses and guiding aims Of his life, what were the gifts of mind and heart which he brought to their fulfilment, and how these took outward shape and form. William Benjamin Carpenter was born at Exeter, on October 29, 1813. His father, Dr. Lant Carpenter, was then one of the pastors Of George's Meeting; but the removal of the family from Exeter to Bristol, in 1817, when William was only in his fourth year, made the latter city the true home Of his early life. It was there that the Rev. Dr. Carpenter's labours, which were to leave SO deep an impress on all his children, bore their ripest fruit. Schools were created in connection with the congregation Of Lewin's Mead; he took a prominent share in the founda tion Of the Literary and Philosophical Institution he was an ardent promoter Of Catholic Emancipation and Reform. This was, indeed, only the outer fringe Of his home activities. TO the work of his ministry he added the long and patient toil of the student, and the ceaseless diligence of the teacher. And the qualities which shone conspicuously through all these phases of his energy, his strong affections, his deep religious earnestness, his commanding sense of duty, his eager zeal for the public good, and especially for education, appeared in one after another Of his family. William was his fourth child, and eldest son. Hardly less did the boy owe to his mother, a woman Of unusual endowments Of mind and heart, who fully Shared the austere and high View of life characteristic of her Puritan ancestry. With few advantages Of education, her native abilities had been, nevertheless, carefully cultivated; She had a vigorous and independent mind, which Often made it a pleasure for the trained scientific investigator to ask her Opinion of his most advanced speculations and in the wisdom of her judgment, springing from the clear insight Of a pure and tender heart, her children found again and again in their perplexities a secure repose. 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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Download or read book Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson written by William Lyon Phelps and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson: Selected and Edited With an Introduction and Notes The text of the following essays is taken from the Thistle Edition of Stevenson's Works, published by Charles Scribner 's Sons, in New York. I have refrained from selecting any of Stevenson's formal essays in literary criticism, and have chosen only those that, While ranking among his master pieces in style, reveal his personality, character, opinions, philosophy, and faith. In the Introduction, I have endeavoured to be as brief as possible, merely giving a sketch of his life, and indicating some of the more notable sides of his literary achievement; pointing out also the literary school to which these Essays belong. A lengthy critical Introduction to a book of this kind would be an impertinence to the general reader, and a nuisance to a teacher. In the Notes, I have aimed at simple explanation and some extended literary comment. It is hoped that the gen eral recognition of Stevenson as an English classic may make this volume useful in school and col lege courses, While it is not too much like a textbook to repel the average reader. I am indebted to Professor Catterall of Cornell and to Professor Cross of Yale, and to my brother the Rev. Dryden W. Phelps, for some assistance in locating references. 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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