Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Julian the Apostate, Vol. 1
By way of preface to this excellent translation of Senator Negri's work on Julian the Apostate, it may be well to give English readers a little information regarding the author's personality.
Both intellectually and morally, Gaetano Negri stood above the ordinary level of mankind, and the course of his life was equally uncommon.
There are some historical figures who would have won less renown had their mental grasp been wider; but there are others whose fame would be much enhanced had they possessed less versatility of mind. The former, whose intelligence runs in one groove, being impelled to concentrate their strength on a single point, sometimes achieve unexpected results; the latter, on the contrary, being endowed with many varied powers, are apt to scatter their energies in a number of different directions, and, consequently, no single work of theirs - whatever its merit - can prove the full extent of their mental force. Gaetano Negri belonged to this latter group.
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