1834. It has been well observed by one of the greatest of British bards, that 'the proper study of mankind is man;' and the great Lord Bacon has remarked 'that it would much conduce to the magnanimity and honor of man, if a collection were made of the ultimities (as the schools speak) or summities (as Pindar) of human nature; that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man's nature, of itself, hath ever reached in all the perfections of both body and mind.' Thus this volume. Illustrated.
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