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Excerpt from Julius Caesar: With Forty-Four Illustrations IT is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narra tive of the lives of those great personages Who have in various ages of the world made them selves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the Widest inuence on the history of the human race. The end Which the author has had in View is twofold: first, to communicate such informa tion in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters deline ated as they may legitimately teach to the peo ple of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for. 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.