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Excerpt from Cyrus the Great "I am Cyrus the King." Such is the proud declaration that, after the lapse of twenty-five centuries, from the tomb of the mighty Persian still commands our homage to its imperial inmate. Out of the realm of myth and fable his imposing figure emerges, but history records enough of him to allow his title of "the Great" to stand unquestioned. Crœsus, with all his treasure, went down before him, and "Great Babylon" could not withstand his arms. Great as were his achievements as a warrior and a prince, history, though encumbered with the deeds of ages, still finds space to recite his nobility of soul. 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.