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Excerpt from Travels in Southern Africa: In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806
The dispositions of the excellent persons in whose service I was engaged forbids me to say all that ''i could gladly say of them. From the mouth of one who owes them so much, the most truly deserved praise, the mere ex pression of the gratitude due to them, might appear too much like ?attery; and there is a certain class of readers, who can discover in ever so slight a tribute of applause sufficient ground''for a suspicion of partiality, which would ill become a German writer. True it is, that in these people I love a whole nation, but I should consider it as the most unpardonable weakness were I to degrade my narrative with any thing that might have the remotest appearance of untruth in order to gratify that love and I had rather remain wholly silent than forbear to speak with the frankness and sincerity which foreigners have always found so praise-worthy in the character of my country men.'' ''what renders the present work, however, one of the most pleasing undertakings of my life is, thati have never had any temptation, through ia discretion towards my benefactors, to hazard losing the recompense which posterity Will perhaps first bestow upon my undeviating adherence to truth.
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The dispositions of the excellent persons in whose service I was engaged forbids me to say all that ''i could gladly say of them. From the mouth of one who owes them so much, the most truly deserved praise, the mere ex pression of the gratitude due to them, might appear too much like ?attery; and there is a certain class of readers, who can discover in ever so slight a tribute of applause sufficient ground''for a suspicion of partiality, which would ill become a German writer. True it is, that in these people I love a whole nation, but I should consider it as the most unpardonable weakness were I to degrade my narrative with any thing that might have the remotest appearance of untruth in order to gratify that love and I had rather remain wholly silent than forbear to speak with the frankness and sincerity which foreigners have always found so praise-worthy in the character of my country men.'' ''what renders the present work, however, one of the most pleasing undertakings of my life is, thati have never had any temptation, through ia discretion towards my benefactors, to hazard losing the recompense which posterity Will perhaps first bestow upon my undeviating adherence to truth.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Henry Lichtenstein
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780267629800
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 438
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ISBN - 9781330124765
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm
Page Count - 864
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