Evenings in Autumn, Vol. 2: A Series of Essays, Narrative and Miscellaneous (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Evenings in Autumn, Vol. 2: A Series of Essays, Narrative and Miscellaneous

That homer was blind in his old age, has been the tradition and the belief of all antiquity, nor is there wanting testimony, both direct and indirect, in the works of the poet himself, to the truth of the popular ascription.

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Excerpt from Evenings in Autumn, Vol. 2: A Series of Essays, Narrative and Miscellaneous

More especially do we feel the highest degree of interest mingled with our pity, where this misfortune has fallen to the lot of those who have been distinguished for their virtues and their talents, and who, had it not been for the intervention of this disaster, had retained, to the last, the full possession of that influence and independency, to which a high order of intellect, in combination with perfect bodily power, had previously conducted them.

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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.