The author does not consider that the following pages require any apology for their appearance. They are given to the world with a two-fold object—the first being that of gratifying an increasing and perfectly legitimate anxiety on the part of the public to know more of the antecedents—the struggles, and the triumphs—of the men whom they recognize as leaders; and the other, that of reminding a younger generation, from a contemplation of the lives of great men, that they too, may leave behind them
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- Оригінальна назваWestern Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
- Тип книгиЕлектронна книга