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Excerpt from The Book of Human Character, Vol. 2
It was the policy of the Medici family 1 to secure the independence of the Florentines by exciting jealousies, and equalizing the populace with the people. William the Norman had pursued an analogous system, when em ployed in consolidating his power. His chief reliance, however, was on the castles and other strong holds he erected on the domains he had reserved for himself. 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.
