Andrew Bruce Davidson (Classic Reprint)

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Andrew Bruce Davidson (Classic Reprint) is written by James Strahan and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1331400511 (ISBN 10) and 9781331400516 (ISBN 13).

Excerpt from Andrew Bruce Davidson After the death of Heinrich Ewald at Gottingen (May 4, 1875), Professor Davidson evidently had thoughts of giving an introductory lecture at the New College on the great scholar who had been his most inspiring teacher. His intention was not carried out, for what he wrote is a mere fragment, but the opening words will serve well as a preface to the present Memoir. Life, ' he says, 'has not yet been written, and perhaps never will be written. The lives of scholars afford few materials for biographies such as idle people love to read. These are spent in retirement, and though they often contain histories of profound interest, they are in the main mental histories, and few but the men themselves are aware of them; and, knowing that every thinking mind has a history as well as their own, there are but few who consider the vicissitudes of their own inner life of sufficient importance to be made known to the world. 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.