Excerpt from Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy SO many of us think, - and so thought one man of sovereign influence in this world's affairs as, seated on the terrace Of a Royal palace fronting seaward, he pondered his own life's problem for perhaps the thousandth time. What is the use Of thinking? Asked a wit at the court Of Louis XVI. It only intensifies the bad opinion you have of others, or Of yourself! 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.