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Excerpt from The General History of Polybius, Vol. 3 of 3: Translated From the Greek Ing, the example Of Achaeus. For this prince, after he had employed the most perfect foresight that human wisdom could suggest, and neglect ed no precaution that was necessary for his safety, fell into the power of his enemies. But so far was he from incurring any blame, that, on the contrary, his misfortune was pitied and excused; while the authors of it were condemn. 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.