Our Forefathers

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Excerpt from Our Forefathers: A Novel The plan of this work did not displease your Imperial Highness, but now when I have introduced my wild men, I begin to reflect how they will bear the unprejudiced judgment of the Princess. For to realize poetically the men of the past, one must show the same skill as the translater of a foreign language. Also the old ancestors have an uncomfortable gentility, they bestow upon their modem descendants only a certain measure of human feeling, they do not allow one to dwell long in their society willingly, and they compel the author frequently to restrain his rising temper in measured terms. This volume carries us into times which the poet will understand more easily than the historian. It was a secret pleasure to the author, during his whole labour, to feel that this narrative describes a country of which the men, mountains, and forests, are dear to your Imperial Highness. 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.