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Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 2 of 6: Translated From the Original Greek; With Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch It'a man applies himself to se1v1ile 01 mechanical employ ments, his indust1y 111 those hings isa pioof ofinattention to noble 1' stndies. No young man of high birth or hheral sentiments, {110111 11 erin 1g the Jupiter at Pisa, 1111111111 desire to be Phidias, or Irom the sight ofthe Juno at 1113105 to he Polycletus or Anacreon, or Philemon, or 1-1'111ilochus, though de lighted withtheir poems 5 For though a work may be aoreeahie, yet esteem of the author is not the ne cessaiy consequence. W. E may tl1e1efo1e conclude that thinos of this kind, which do not excite a spiiit of emulation, or pioduce any st1ong impulse or de sire to imitate them, me or little use to the bel1o1de1s. But 111tue has this pee111ia1 piopeity that, while we admire her conduct, we 101101 to copy the example. The goods 01 fo1t1111e we wish to enjoy, V1rt11e we desi1e to practise the f011ne1 we we glad to 1eceive from others, the latter we are ambitions that others should receive from us. The beauty of goodness has an attractive power it kindles in us at once an active prmmple; it forms our manners and inuences our desires, not only when represented in living e amples, but even in historical descriptions. 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.