Excerpt from Papers, Vol. 47: Of the Manchester Literary Club Kinder words have been spoken of Caliban; Dante was more tolerant towards the writhing sinners in Malebolge. If assailants can be extreme, defenders may be pardoned if they are ardent, and the latter have the better cause. I prepose to reveal a Jonathan Swift of kind and generous heart, of warm and eager sympathy, of lovable nature, of noble ideals, of singular purity, of faithful affection, of tried and valued friendships. I want to reveal the real man whom Joseph Addison, his political Opponent, called The most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age the man whom Temple found indispensable in his household; the man whom Harley (lord Bolingbroke), Arbuthnot, Pepe, and Gay (four very different men) grappled to their souls with hooks of steel; the man whom Hester Johnson loved, as only a woman can love, devotedly and worshipfully to the last hour of her life; the man who gave his life to truth, who championed the Oppressed, and whose one constant aim was to raise mankind and make the world nobler, better, and more beautiful. 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.