Lanterna Rally

Author: Isaac Disraeli

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781331387213

Excerpt from The Literary Character: Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius, Drawn From Heir Own Feeling and Confessions It may be thought that men Of genius only should write on men of genius; as if it were necessary that the physician should be infected with the disease Of his patient. He is only an Observer, like Sy denham who confined himself to vigilant observation, and the continued experience Of tracing the progress Of actual cases (and in his department, but not in mine) in the operation of actual remedies. He beautifully says Whoever describes a violet exactly as to its colour, taste, smell, form, and other properties, will find the description agree in most particulars with all the violets in the universe. 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.