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Excerpt from History of Julius Cæsar, Vol. 1 When extraordinary facts attest an eminent genius, what is more contrary to good sense than to ascribe to him all the passions and'sentiments of mediocrity? What more erroneous than not to recognise the pre eminence of those privileged beings who appear in history from time to time like luminous beacons, dis Sipating the darkness of their epoch, and throwing light into the future? To deny this preeminence would, indeed, be to'insult humanity, by believing it capable of submitting, long and voluntarily, to a dom ination which did not rest on true greatness and in contestable' utility. Let us be logical, and we shall be just. 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.