Excerpt from Thoughts From Montaigne: Selected by Constance Countess De La Warr, With an Introduction and a Biographical Study Knowing that many people have been deterred from a study of Montaigne by the voluminous character of his essays, that others have been alarmed by the mistaken idea that his teachings are of an atheistical character, it seems to me that this little work may have its use. I humbly offer it to the public. May it inspire in those who read it a desire to know Montaigne in his entirety - may such as have been led to distrust him see for themselves how unfounded is such a feeling! 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.