Historical Sketches (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from University SketchesIn 1856 they were published in one volume, under the title of Office and Work of Universities.Though the Author then put his name in the title page, he thought it best to retain both the profession of incognito and the conversational tone in which he origi nally wrote for the Obvious reason, that, to have dropped either would have been to recast his work. For such a task he could not promise himself leisure; and, had he effected it, he might after all only have made himself more exact and solid at the price of be coming less readable, at least in the judgment of a day, which keenly appreciates the proverb, that a great book is a great evil. In saying this, however, he has no in tention of implying that he has spared thought or pains in his composition, or of apologising for its matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.