Excerpt from Some Canadian Noms-De-Plume Identified: With Samples of the Writings to Which They Are Appended The following has reference to the Duke of Wellington We are prepared to view him meditating gigantic schemes and laying down the plans by which they are to be accomplished. We find no more than we expected when he compresses a life of truth and experience into a single hour, and with an intuitive glance foretells the catastrophes of the various dramas enacting on the world's wide stage before him. We perceive no cause for special wonderment in his untiring sagacity, in his combination of the aggressive vigour of Marcellus with the defensive caution of Fabius, in his unrivalled practical sense, his unshaken magnanimity, and his lof y disinterested ness. These, it must be confessed, are signal and noble qualities, but they fill us with esteem rather than with affection they dazzle rather than fascinate our eyes and their combination is not a novel feature in the character of the world's foremost men. The traits which these Despatches exhibit to us for the first time, and which previously were not in general accorded to the Duke of Wellington, are those which add love to admiration, and heighten national gratitude into personal attachment. It is ennobling to our species, and delightful to our feelings, to find that the highest excellences of private station not irreconcilable with the stern career of the victorious warrior, and that the household virtues and the peace - loving humanities of life may be found among the demoralization of camps and the carnage covered fields of battle. 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.