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Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life and Character of Marcus Tullius Cicero Himself debarred, as we have seen, from public honors and lamenting the long indolence of his progenitors in re gard to them, Marcus was the more anxious in animating his son's ambition, and spared neither money nor pains in so instructing him, as to prepare him for the highest dignities. His paternal care was soon and well repaid; Cicero, in the progress of his studies, disclosing brilliant talents, as well as the love of glory, which may be said to have been throughout life his master passion, and the real secret of his greatness. 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.