Excerpt from A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology, Vol. 2: From Various Biographical and Critical Notices Although Whitby's life was lengthened to nearly a century, yet very few facts concerning him are found recorded, except such as may be gleaned from his own writings. And these exhibit little more, so far as he is personally concerned, than a history of his Opinions. Biographers have too often been com pelled to repeat the remark, that the life of a scholar is seldom fruitful of incidents; but rarely, in the annals of literature, has the truth of this remark been more evident, than in the instance of Whitby. 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.