Excerpt from Rhigas Pheraios: The Promartyr of Greek Independence, a Biographical Sketch The character of Rhigas is not a difficult one to understand, for it is portrayed in all his actions. Of great natural and literary ability, with an inborn love of freedom and hatred of oppression, he will also be seen to have possessed exceptional diplomatic powers, and knowledge of men joined to a winning persuasiveness that won the hearts of all who came within the range of its influence. Such gifts, joined to personal courage, were the very qualities required for a leader. 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.