Excerpt from In Memoriam In this day when the study of Greek and Latin seems to be receding into the background, it has seemed neces sary to explain every classical allusion, and to translate every passage taken from the languages used by Homer and Virgil. So, too, an apposite quotation or two from the German and the Italian have been put into English. Probably all will agree that In, Memoriam is the noblest poem of its kind written in the nineteenth century, if not in any century. For this reason it has been deeply studied by a number of close critics on both sides of the Atlantic, so that an adequate edition could now hardly be produced without incorporating something already brought forward by others than him whose name appears as the editor. At all events, this volume could hardly be what it is if its editor had not been able to draw upon the stores of previous investigators. General acknowl edgment must therefore be made here of general indebtedness to the labors of predecessors; specific acknowledgments will be found in their proper places. 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.