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Excerpt from The Influence of Literature: An Oration
I have mentioned only a few authors, the consequences of whose works are plainly visible; yet how many nu known and lost productions have aided the advancement of mankind I How many volumes have been composed, of which nothing remains except some homely maxim, daily repeated by men who never suspect its origin? May not the proverbs uttered so glibly by laughing child hood and thoughtful age, now serving as a warning to the young, and now, as a consolation to the old, he the remnant of a forgotten civilization? Or the literary fragments of some splendid genius that lived, andthought, and suflered, long, long ago, when the world was new, and when the faculties had walked so recently in the train of God, that having caught the brightness of his presence, they still retained its rays? 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.
