Excerpt from Meissonier N all matters of disputation I think that the biographer and the critic should be two persons: the witness should not assume the function of the advocate. There is no greater temptation than hero-worship to the student of the life of a man of genius and industry and worth, and it is impossible to study the history of such a life as the following without becoming filled with sympathy for its subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. ...
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Excerpt from Meissonier N all matters of disputation I think that the biographer and the critic should be two persons: the witness should not assume the function of the advocate. There is no greater temptation than hero-worship to the student of the life of a man of genius and industry and worth, and it is impossible to study the history of such a life as the following without becoming filled with sympathy for its subject. 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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