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The Wisdom of À Kempis
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Excerpt from The Wisdom of À Kempis: With an IntroductionThe Most Christian Doctor, was born near Rheims in 1363. His was a stormy career, and his personality is more indelibly impressed upon his time than is that of either of his con temporaries. Before he was thirty he occupied the position of Chancel lor of the University of Paris. He took an active part in the turbulent politics of the period, changed sides as the shuttlecock of Right was bat tledored from one party to another, defied popes, kings, and peoples, was forced to ¿ee the country, and finally retired to a monastery at Lyons. There he devoted the remainder of his life to less aggressive pursuits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.
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