Letters from a Father to His Son, on Various Topics Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life, Vol. 2: Written in the Years 1798 and 1799 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Letters From a Father to His Son, on Various Topics Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life, Vol. 2: Written in the Years 1798 and 1799 Who but muff. Turn with loathing from fuccefiive fields of carnage, and fhame leis violations of all. Faith, equity, and humanity! Nor as yet do the clouds begin to difperfe, nor can a gleam of brighter day be difcerned through the gloom. On the contrary, the Itorm rolls nearer, and the horizon becomes more and more involved 111 1mpenetrable oh fcufirity. In fuch a ...
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Excerpt from Letters From a Father to His Son, on Various Topics Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life, Vol. 2: Written in the Years 1798 and 1799 Who but muff. Turn with loathing from fuccefiive fields of carnage, and fhame leis violations of all. Faith, equity, and humanity! Nor as yet do the clouds begin to difperfe, nor can a gleam of brighter day be difcerned through the gloom. On the contrary, the Itorm rolls nearer, and the horizon becomes more and more involved 111 1mpenetrable oh fcufirity. In fuch a {late of things, what an the powerlefs and afionifhed fpe�tator do better, than avert his eyes as much as pofiible from objects of unavailing regret, and endeavour to lofe the recollection of them in active employment, or pleafing contemplation? When, 1n fpite of human guilt and folly, I behold the face Of gene ral nature ffill covered with 1ts ufual fmilc, the vegetable and animal tribes'pafling through their accufiomed rdund of being, and 'even the greater part of the human race itfelf probably little affected by thefe noify commotions, - I feel myfelf, recon ciled to the world, and able in fome mea fure to controul, my fympathies fer partial fuffering. 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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