Excerpt from Lectures on History and General Policy, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life So far, therefore, was I fiom endeavouring to keep {lricftly to the title which I firft gave thefe lectures, viz. On H'jfz'ory, that I findied to exceed thofe bounds as much as, with any propriety, I poiiibly Could; and I foon found that, under the head of oejee'i'r of alfenz'z'on to an nfiorian, or a reader of hit'lory, I could ealily bring the vcry important fubjeet of ge neral policy, or an account of thofe things which principally contribute to render the Great focieties of mankind happy, numerous. 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.