Excerpt from I Will Maintain The ideals OF M. DE witt here is one subject that we seldom touch upon, said Sir William. And that is one upon which I am curious to hear you speak. John de Witt looked up quickly. Ah, sir, he smiled faintly. You are of a probing disposition - what is this subject? The Prince. The Prince repeated M. De Witt, and an intent ex pression that might have been trouble came into his full brown eyes. What is there to say of His Highness? He added. The English Ambassador laughed in the soft and pleasant way he had; he was standing by the long Window, and, as he answered, glanced out at the wych elms and pale sunshine that filled the garden of M. De Witt. 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.