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So vast and wonderful a construction was the Roman world, so different from our own, that we are apt to imagine it as an arrangement far more deliberately planned, far more mechanically complete, than it appeared to its own inhabitants. From a cursory glance, we may carry away wholly mistaken conceptions of its thought and purpose. Thus, for instance, the Roman Republic never assumed the definite design of conquering the world; its people had only the vaguest conception of whither the world might extend. They merely quarrelled with their neighbors, defeated and then annexed them | Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 by Various 1 AND FAMOUS WOMEN TìiE LiviCó EỉF i r-TnẠJi 200 OF THE MOST ppor. I Í1E fiT Pt sonAQt iTi HisTOpy J so Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 by Various Project Gutenberg s Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Author Various Editor Charles F. Horne Release Date August 27 2008 EBook 26423 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT MEN FAMOUS WOMEN VOL. 3 Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 by Various 2 Produced by Sigal Alon Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Canadian Libraries Transcriber s note Obvious printer s errors have been corrected all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author s spelling has been maintained. Captions marked with TN have been added while producing this file. Illustration Justinian and his council. GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY VOL. III. Copyright 1894 BY SELMAR HESS edited by Charles F. Horne Illustration Publisher s arm. New-York Selmar Hess Publisher Copyright 1894 by SELMAR HESS. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE ALFRED THE GREAT Sir J. Bernard Burke . 101 ST. AMBROSE Rev. A. Lambing . 68 ARCHIMEDES John Timbs . 59 ARISTOTLE Fenelon 54 ST. AUGUSTINE OF Canterbury Rt. Rev. Henry Codman Potter 88 ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO James Cardinal Gibbons 73 FRANCIS BACON Hon. .