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Description:Excerpt from The American Portrait Gallery: With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc In this Gallery we propose to present the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of our most prominent Americans, including Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Officers, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, and others, whose talents, energy, and enterprise, while affording an instructive lesson to mankind, seem worthy of being held up as examples for emulation. That the memory of such persons should have its public record is peculiarly proper, because a knowledge of men whose substantial fame rests upon their attainments, character, and success must exert a wholesome influence on the rising generation of the American people; while to those who have arrived at a period in life not to be benefited by lessons designed for less advanced age, it cannot fail to prove interesting. If the reader shall here find the lives of many who have enjoyed every advantage which affluence and early education can bestow, he may also trace the history of those who, by their own unaided efforts, have risen from obscurity to the highest and most responsible trusts in the land; indeed, it will be found that success has more generally waited upon those who, in early life, were not encumbered with a bountiful supply of "this world's goods." It is needless to remark on the extended information and delight we derive from the multiplication of portraits by engraving, or in the advantages resulting from the study of biography. Separately considered, the one affords an amusement not less innocent than elegant, inculcates the rudiments, or aids the progress of taste; while the other, useful in its moral effects, unfolding the secrets of human conduct, at once informs and invigorates the mind and improves the heart. It is, however, from the combination of portrait and biography that we reap the utmost degree of utility and pleasure which can be derived from them. As, in contemplating the portrait of an eminent person, we long to be instructed in his history, so, in considering his actions, we are anxious to behold his countenance. So earnest is this desire, that the imagination is generally ready to coin a set of features, or to conceive a character, to supply the absence of one or the other. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The American Portrait Gallery (Classic Reprint): With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc. To get started finding The American Portrait Gallery (Classic Reprint): With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The American Portrait Gallery: With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc In this Gallery we propose to present the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of our most prominent Americans, including Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Officers, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, and others, whose talents, energy, and enterprise, while affording an instructive lesson to mankind, seem worthy of being held up as examples for emulation. That the memory of such persons should have its public record is peculiarly proper, because a knowledge of men whose substantial fame rests upon their attainments, character, and success must exert a wholesome influence on the rising generation of the American people; while to those who have arrived at a period in life not to be benefited by lessons designed for less advanced age, it cannot fail to prove interesting. If the reader shall here find the lives of many who have enjoyed every advantage which affluence and early education can bestow, he may also trace the history of those who, by their own unaided efforts, have risen from obscurity to the highest and most responsible trusts in the land; indeed, it will be found that success has more generally waited upon those who, in early life, were not encumbered with a bountiful supply of "this world's goods." It is needless to remark on the extended information and delight we derive from the multiplication of portraits by engraving, or in the advantages resulting from the study of biography. Separately considered, the one affords an amusement not less innocent than elegant, inculcates the rudiments, or aids the progress of taste; while the other, useful in its moral effects, unfolding the secrets of human conduct, at once informs and invigorates the mind and improves the heart. It is, however, from the combination of portrait and biography that we reap the utmost degree of utility and pleasure which can be derived from them. As, in contemplating the portrait of an eminent person, we long to be instructed in his history, so, in considering his actions, we are anxious to behold his countenance. So earnest is this desire, that the imagination is generally ready to coin a set of features, or to conceive a character, to supply the absence of one or the other. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The American Portrait Gallery (Classic Reprint): With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc. To get started finding The American Portrait Gallery (Classic Reprint): With Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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