Volume IV – Representative Men
Uses of Great Men
It is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be h...
Plato; or, the Philosopher
Among secular books, Plato only is entitled to Omar’s fanatical compliment to the Koran, when he ...
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
Among eminent persons, those who are most dear to men are not of the class which the economist ca...
Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and on the other to morals. The game of thought i...
Shakspeare; or, the Poet
Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality. If we require the origi...
Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
Among the eminent persons of the nineteenth century, Bonaparte is far the best known and the most...
Goethe; or, the Writer
I find a provision in the constitution of the world for the writer, or secretary, who is to repor...