Excerpt from The Commonwealth of Oceana After his return to England, being of age, James Harrington cared actively for the interests of his younger brothers and Sisters It was he who made his brother William a merchant. Harrington throve, and for his ingenuity iii matters of construction he was afterwards made one of the Fellows of the newly formed Royal Society. He took pains over the training of his Sisters, making no difference between Sisters and half-sisters, and treating his step mother as a mother. He filled his home With lovmg - kindness. And was most liberal in givmg help to friends. When he was told that he often threw away his bounty on ungrateful persons, he playfully told his advisers they were mercenary and that he saw they sold their gifts, Since they expected so great a return as gratitude. James Harrington's bent was for the study of life, and he made no active suit for Court employment. But he went to Court, where Charles the First liked him, and admitted him as one of his Privy Chamber Extraordinary, in which character he went Wltll the king in his first expedition against the Scots. 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.