A Vindication of Lord Byron (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Vindication of Lord Byron Even supposing that Lady Byron's value as a witness was not thus under a cloud, why should she be believed rather than Lord Byron On account of his general immorality, in the ordinary sense of that term If so, the word of the average woman must be much more trustworthy than that of the average man. Yet, is it P Everybody knows that it is not, and that immorality and untruthfulness have no connection, either essential or inferential. Lord Byron's credibility, therefore, would be quite equal to that of Lady Byron, even if hers remained excellent. After the discredit into which it has now fallen, his must, by all the laws of impartiality, be taken to be considerably superior. 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.