Letters on Greece
Being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, and Containing Travels Through Rhodes, Crete, and Other Islands of the Archipelago (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Letters on Greece: Being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, and Containing Travels Through Rhodes, Crete, and Other Islands of the Archipelago<br><br>I am perfectly of your opinion: the country of Homer, of Socrates, and so many other great men whom their virtues or talents have immortalized, has a claim to the love and veneration of all ages. The traveller of sensibility, led by the enthusiasm inspired by those places, once the theatre of so many memorable events, will long continue to visit them. But, alas! instead of a free, learned, and warlike people, he will find pusillanimous and ignorant slaves; instead of flourishing cities, he will meet with nothing but heaps of ruins, and scattered and mutilated marbles, instead of the famous monuments of ancient genius. Yet if his researches be conducted by found sense, if he be exempt from prejudices, and correct in his descriptions, even this contrast will supply interesting objects and useful truths. You already have a glimpse, Madam, of one part of the scenes about to open to your view. The obscurity, indeed, in which they are enveloped, does not permit you to discern their effects.<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.