Excerpt from American Encyclopaedia of Biography The ancient Egyptians had a law, says the biographer of Lord Bacon, which ordained that actions and characters of the dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges, in order to regulate what was due to their memory. No quality, however exalted, no abilities, however eminent, could exempt the possessors from this last impartial trial. To ingenuous minds this was a powerful incentive in the pursuit of virtue, and a strong restraint on the most abandoned in their ...
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Excerpt from American Encyclopaedia of Biography The ancient Egyptians had a law, says the biographer of Lord Bacon, which ordained that actions and characters of the dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges, in order to regulate what was due to their memory. No quality, however exalted, no abilities, however eminent, could exempt the possessors from this last impartial trial. To ingenuous minds this was a powerful incentive in the pursuit of virtue, and a strong restraint on the most abandoned in their career of vice. Whoever undertakes to write the life of a person deserving to be remembered by posterity, ought to look upon this law as prescribed to him. 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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