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Excerpt from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Vol. 1 of 2: Translated From the Greek of Thucydides; To Which Are Annexed, Three Preliminary Discourses IT was not from a private choice, but from deference to what was judged a public call, that the following translation Of Thucydides was first undertaken. TO explain the motive more largely, might perhaps incur the imputation of imperti ncnoc or vanity. The performance, uporf the whole, must justify the undertaking. In what manner it is done, and not why it was done, will be the point of public arbitration. 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.