Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX D AUTHORITIES FOR SPECIFIC STATEMENTS IN THE TEXT, TRANSLATION OF PASSAGES IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, ETC. Introduction PA0E UNE "Das Schaudern," etc.: "The sentiment of awe is the best thing in man." Faust, Part II, Act I, Scene--Finstere Qalerie 11 1 "Le Livre de Marc-Aurele," etc. Marc-Aurele, E. Renan, Chap. XVI, pp. 262, 272: "The book of Marcus Aurelius will keep its freshness forever, since it does not rest on dogma. Everybody from the atheist, or him that thinks himself one, to the man most deeply set in the creed of a particular sect, can find in it fruits of edification. It is the most wholly human book there is . . . this incomparable book, this manual of a life of resignation, this gospel of those who do not believe in the supernatural. . . . Though science should do away with God and the soul, the book of Meditations would remain young in its life and its truth. Marcus Aurelius's religion ... is that absolute religion that comes into being when a high ethical conscience confronts the universe. It belongs neither to one race nor one country. No revolution, no progress, no discovery will have power to change it." 14 32 Frederick the Great's "Marc-Aurele peut-6tre," etc: "Of all men, perhaps Marcus Aurelius has carried virtue to its highest point." Politische Correspondent, Vol. 37, A I'Electrice Douairiere de Saxe, Sept. 4, 1775. See also: H. de Catt, Mes Entretiens avec Fridiric le Grand, pp. 33, 270, 338 .... IS 14 Chapter III Emperor Hadrian, quick to reward merit: Phil., Lives of the Sophists, Kayser, II, 42, 10 38 6 Emperor Hadrian, lover of the arts: Dio Cass. LXIX, 3 38 22 Emperor Hadrian, verses: S. H. A. I, Chap. I, 25, 9 . . 39 19 PAGE LINE Marcus Aurelius, "his likeness in marble" there are several; that from...
