Author : J. R. Seeley
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ISBN 13 : 9781330486924
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (869 download)
Book Synopsis Life and Times of Stein, Vol. 3 of 4 by : J. R. Seeley
Download or read book Life and Times of Stein, Vol. 3 of 4 written by J. R. Seeley and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Times of Stein, Vol. 3 of 4: Or Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age Alas! what boots the long laborious quest Of moral prudence sought through good and ill; Or pains abstruse to elevate the will And lead us on to that transcendent rest Where every passion shall the sway attest Of Reason seated on her sovereign hill; What is it but a vain and curious skill If sapient Germany must lie deprest Beneath the brutal sword? Her haughty schools Shall blush; and may not we with sorrow say, A few strong instincts and a few plain rules Among the herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind at this unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought? Wordsworth. The outlaw had only a few hours grace, and was obliged to Set out "not knowing whither he went," but desiring only to escape beyond the range of the French army. He determined to cross into Bohemia, though he could not yet know whether the Austrian Government was disposed to give him shelter. It was in the night of the 5th of January that he set out. He went by Sagan, and on the next day to Bunzlau. 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.