Excerpt from Historical Review of the Administration of Mr. Necker: Written by Himself; Translated From the French Meanwhile a powerful motive actuates me. I am obliged to confefs I cannot feparate my caufe from that of reafon and virtue. They are in my opinion allied; my memory at leafl Hatters me with this h0pe; and it becomes me to refpeet, to the very utmolt, ties which I have formed with (0 much care it becomes me to refpeet them by lhewing that Ihave not violated them in any infiant of my life. Influenced by this confideration, I fhould think myfelfnegli gent of my duty, if, to avoid attracting atten tion, and in fervile compliance withthe petty decorums of rival vanities, i countenanced by my indifference the policy of the wicked and the triumph of the ungrateful. What is an individual in comparifon with thefe general principles? What efpecially is a man who; like myfelf, approaches the goal of life The hour is at hand when he will no longer be any thing to himfelf, but will be in volved in that eternal filence which finks and annihilates ages and generations. 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.