Excerpt from The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With Selections From His Correspondence, and Illustrations Wherever the distinction of birth is allowed' to form a superior order in the state, education and example should always, and will often, produce among them a dignity Of sentiment and propriety of conduct, which is guarded from dishonour by their own and the public esteem, If we read of some illustrious line so ancient that it has no be ginning, so worthy that it ought to have no end. 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.