British Butterflies (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from British Butterflies When hearing of such unusual success, who would not suppose that he was one of those men who are most ardent in propagating their doctrines, and who have acquired an ascendency over their cotempora< ries by numerous and eloquent writings, or who have procured adherents through the in¿uence of wealth, or an elevated station In society? But in his case there was nothing of all this. Confined to a small town in Saxony, without authority in the country, he could have no in¿uence on the fortunes of his pu pils. He formed no connexion with people in power, and such was the singular timidity of his disposition, and aversion to writing, that not more than a few sheets of his composition have been committed to' the press. Far from seeking to render himself im portant, he was so little conscious of his own merit, that the most tri¿ing honours conferred on him, even at a time when his reputation was spread throughout all quarters of the world, greatly surpassed all that he had ever hoped for or desired. 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.