About this title: This little volume is unique in ancient literature. To read it is to be admitted to intimate communion with one of the most remarkable men that ever sat upon a throne. Tireless, just, self-sacrificing administrator for over forty years, he brings to mind the line that Wordsworth used of Milton: "Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart." Notebook, rather than diary, this record of his inner life shows on every page his persistent effort to state to himself without prejudice or predilection the real significance of the details of human experience, as these details affected the determination ...
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Description: Good. Leather spine and corners are quite edgeworn, feps detached but present, ink owner names to reverse side of fep, hinge cracked at front and rear, foxing to edges of pastedowns and eps, interior is clean and binding tight. 1/2 Leather. No Jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766169951ISBN:0766169952
Description: New. This little volume is unique in ancient literature. To read it is to be admitted to intimate communion with one of the most remarkable men that ever sat upon a throne. Tireless, just, self-sacrificing administrator for over forty years, he brings to... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan, New York
Date Published: 1928
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Modern Readers' Series. Blue boars have minor wear on corners and spine ends. Spine is faded. Previous owner's name inside front board. Interior is otherwise clean and complete. 144 pgs. read more
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