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Excerpt from Stories From the History of Greece, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Earliest Period to Its Final Conquest by the Romans; Adapted to the Capacities of Children The History of Greece has always held an important place in the course of Liberal Edu cation. It is the link between Sacred and Profane History. When a knowledge of the events recorded by the former has been ac quired from the perusal of the Holy Scrip tures, the Grecian History continues the series, and points out the secondary means which led to the accomplishment of those foretold by the inspired writers. It is also the source wherwe we derive much information as to the origin of most of the sciences that improve and adorn society. 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.