Excerpt from The Rhodes Scholarships Nor does it seem less necessary that every Scholar of succeeding generations should know something of the life of the man whose benefaction he enjoys, and whose purposes he is in part fulfilling when he accepts his Scholarship. Only the briefest outline can here be given Of his stirring career, but reference is made to various authorities, from which fuller information can be Obtained, and there is added some account Of the development in his mind of the principles and purposes which prompted his Bequest. 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.