American Quarterly Review

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Excerpt from The American Quarterly Review, Vol. 17: March and June, 1835 But the argument admits that the ancient authors may be stu died ia after life as an elegant attainment. We take leave to say. 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.

Excerpt from The American Quarterly Review, Vol. 16 A great political career, in an especial manner, cannot be adequately judged by contemporaries. Elevation and distance are essential to a correct survey of the proportions of a giant. They that walk under his huge legs, are either awed into astonishment at his power, or struggling against the influence of his authority. The former magnify his stature, the latter exaggerate his deformities. Neither can measure his altitude amidst the clouds with which passion may have obscured, or policy concealed it. But when the Colossus is asleep in the earth, even dwarfs may come, like the pygmies of the satirist, with their cords of thread, and bind him to gratify the curiosi ty, or minister to the instruction of their species. 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.