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Excerpt from Personal and Military History of Philip Kearny: Major-General United States Volunteers
That elegant force in history, which characterized Taurus and plutarch, seems to have disappeared in our time; certainly in biographies. When I com pare the present Sketch with the Ideal which I had conceived, it is with actual timidity that I venture to publish it. A perfect biography I cannot indeed prepare, since the Count (schaumburg-lippe) carefully kept secret the majority of his greatest deeds. It was my simple intention to portray even his character as a commander and a ruler (organizer) from the stand-point of his magnanimity, and establish every trait of this picture with anecdotes. Yet even such a sketch, at least with my powers, can be nothing more than a fragment. Perhaps I may claim that no one at a previous time could have produced comparatively as complete a history of the Count's career as this one. Lest any one should find fault, or occasion for it should appear, I did not embody much information which I actually possessed. I do not urge this as a satisfactory ex cuse for the faults of my work, but simply as a reason why they merit pardon, and on that account I pray the indulgence of the public.
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That elegant force in history, which characterized Taurus and plutarch, seems to have disappeared in our time; certainly in biographies. When I com pare the present Sketch with the Ideal which I had conceived, it is with actual timidity that I venture to publish it. A perfect biography I cannot indeed prepare, since the Count (schaumburg-lippe) carefully kept secret the majority of his greatest deeds. It was my simple intention to portray even his character as a commander and a ruler (organizer) from the stand-point of his magnanimity, and establish every trait of this picture with anecdotes. Yet even such a sketch, at least with my powers, can be nothing more than a fragment. Perhaps I may claim that no one at a previous time could have produced comparatively as complete a history of the Count's career as this one. Lest any one should find fault, or occasion for it should appear, I did not embody much information which I actually possessed. I do not urge this as a satisfactory ex cuse for the faults of my work, but simply as a reason why they merit pardon, and on that account I pray the indulgence of the public.
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) - John Watts de Peyster
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ISBN - 9780265732168
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Page Count - 533
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Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 535
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