Excerpt from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, Vol. 2 I inscribe with your illustrious name the second volume of these dialogues, not because, of all the generals who have ap peared in our age, you have displayed the greatest genius, the greatest constancy, and, What is equally rare, the greatest con tempt of pleasure and titles, and wealth and offices, but because your energies have been all exerted, under severe and unre mitting adversity, in defence of law and civilization. Neither of these can exist in that country Where any one is above them, and can dictate through any organ. 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.