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Excerpt from The Life and Character of Maximilian Robespierre, Proving, by Facts and Arguments, That That Much-Calumniated Person Was One of the Greatest Men, and One of the Purest and Most Enlightened Reformers, That Ever Existed in the World, Vol. 1: Also Containing Robespierre''s Principal Discourses, Addresses, Reports, and Projects of Law, &C., In the National Assembly, National Convention, Commune of Paris, and the Popular Societies
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I hate prefaces, dedications, and all that sort of thing, because I hate every thing that is formal, pedantic, and routine-like. The legitimate use of a preface is to serve the reader as a key to the author''s work - explaining the purposes for which it is written, its plan or arrangement, the sources whence the author has collected his information, and the general grounds on which he lays claim to public attention. As all this, however, may be done by an introductory letter, as well as through the stiff medium of a preface, I will, on the present occasion, dispense with the latter usage, and address myself directly to you - the only parties for whom the book is intended, - and to whom alone I should feel a pleasure in dedicating it, if so poor a compliment were worth your acceptance.
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
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
James Bronterre O’brien
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331451252
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 536
Paperback
Contributors
Author
James Bronterre O’brien
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334989162
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 538
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