Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 1 of 2<br><br>This edition of Shaftesbury's Characteristics reproduces all the essays he himself so entitled, with strict adherence to his text, as corrected by him for a reissue. Of that corrected copy I have collated a large part with the reprints, and I find that his alterations were scrupulously given effect to, down to the smallest particulars. A few of the footnote references to corroborative passages in the book itself have here, as a matter of convenience, been altered back to their first form, specifying titles and sections of the essays rather than pages of the book; but no liberty has at any point been taken with the text beyond the modernising of the spelling and disregard of the old italics and capitals.<br><br>This external change has been made with some reluctance, but with a conviction that it is really a service to the author.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.